disinformation campaigns and CII --- If we agree that elections are now seen as a CII and a foreign adversary attacks the election machinery/system of another country who has declared such a system as a CII, isn't this action both a violation of the country's sovereignty and illegal access to its CII? If so, shouldn't such actions constitute both a violation of a country's sovereignty and/or an invasion of its CII and thus perceived as an act of war or at least a hostile threat? Further, if disinformation or fake news is used as a weapon to instigate instability in one's country, isn't this a violation of the country's sovereignty?

Source author: Bennette Thomas thomasb@dominica.gov.dm