ICRC: Rules of engagement issued to hacktivists

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Based on international humanitarian law, the rules are:

• Do not direct cyber-attacks against civilian objects
  
• Do not use malware or other tools or techniques that spread automatically and damage military objectives and civilian objects indiscriminately
  
• When planning a cyber-attack against a military objective, do everything feasible to avoid or minimise the effects your operation may have on civilians
  
• Do not conduct any cyber-operation against medical and humanitarian facilities
  
• Do not conduct any cyber-attack against objects indispensable to the survival of the population or that can release dangerous forces
  
• Do not make threats of violence to spread terror among the civilian population
  
• Do not incite violations of international humanitarian law
  
• Comply with these rules even if the enemy does not
  

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