Use and intention are key --- @Bennette: I would consider that use and intent to harm are key in determining whether a cyber tool has been used as cyber weapon. In case of botnets for example, there is an intrusion into the private cyberspace of a person or a company and this is punishable. We certainly have the legal tools to condemn cyberattacks, but we lack the means to implement the sentences.

Source author: Florence Tinguely Mattli florence.tinguely-mattli@eda.admin.ch