Nice piece, Jeffery.
Not sure how the 'territorial c-space' responsibility would work. With air space violations the physical location of the 'perpetrator' is easier to establish. In cyberspace, all the usual problems in tracing international hackers become apparent. Not to say that it is impossible. Interntioanl cooperation is a must on this; unfortunately most governments are dragging their heels on this and sometimes tacitly allowing people to carry out what would normally be viewed as criminal activity. Just look at McColo and who it was had to intervene(it wasn't the 'authorities'.
This is a good article on the nationalistic hacking that many Chinese are partaking in:
http://www.popsci.com.au/scitech/article/2009-04/hackers-chi
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All countries seem to have people doing their 'patriotic' duty by carrying out these kind of attacks-with or without 'explicit' state approval.
I'm sure Georgia and Latvia's recent problems spring to mind. Al-Jazeera were hacked in the first year of Gulf War II, ostensibly by Americans.


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