00758nas a2200109   4500000000100000008004100001260001500042100001800057245004100075856006600116520046600182       2017                            d  c2016-12-021 aMarco Roscini00aMilitary Objectives in Cyber Warfare  uhttps://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-45300-2_73 aThis Chapter discusses the possible problems arising from the application of the principle of distinction under the law of armed conflict to cyber attacks. It first identifies when cyber attacks qualify as ‘attacks’ under the law of armed conflict and then examines the two elements of the definition of ‘military objective’ contained in Article 52(2) of the 1977 Protocol I additional to the 1949 Geneva Conventions on the Protection of Victims of War.