Principal speaker
Dr Samuli Haataja
About the seminar
During the 2016 United States (US) presidential election, the US Democratic National Committee's network was compromised by cyber attacks believed to have been conducted by two groups affiliated with Russian intelligence agencies. This led to the release of tens of thousands of private emails through intermediaries such as WikiLeaks. Electoral boards were also compromised by cyber means, and there was a broader influence campaign by Russian state-owned media and paid social media users. According to US intelligence agencies, Russia had developed a preference for Donald Trump and therefore, through this campaign, it sought to undermine the US democratic process and harm Hillary Clinton's electability and potential presidency.
This seminar considers the Russian interference in the US election in light of international law applicable to state activities in cyberspace. Specifically, it considers the principles of sovereignty, non-intervention, and non-use of force and it argues that existing law in this context needs to take the non-physical effects of cyber attacks more seriously.
About the speaker
Samuli Haataja is a Lecturer at Griffith Law School, Griffith University. His research explores the intersection of law and technology in the context of international law and emerging technologies, particularly around cyber warfare. Samuli teaches across a range of courses on public international law at Griffith Law School, and he is also a member of the Program on the Regulation of Emerging Military Technologies (PREMT) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society on Social Implications of Technology (IEEE SSIT). His forthcoming book, Cyber Attacks and International Law on the Use of Force: the Turn to Information Ethics, will be published in early 2019 by Routledge.
About this seminar
The Law Futures Centre (LFC) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Society on Social Implications of Technology (SSIT) presents "Cyber attacks and international law: Russian interference in the 2016 US presidential election" by Dr Samuli Haataja at the Griffith University, Southbank campus.
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