UAE calls for ‘Cyber Geneva Convention’ to treat major cyberattacks as acts of war

The UAE has called for a new international “Cyber Geneva Convention” to establish rules for cyberwarfare and recognise major attacks on critical digital infrastructure as acts of war, as artificial intelligence increasingly compresses the time available to respond to threats.Dr Mohamed Al Kuwaiti, Head of the UAE Cyber Security Council, said there had been several initiatives at the United Nations to establish such a framework, but no convention currently exists.“Now we need that cyber-Geneva co...

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