International responsibility of the State for cyber-attacks: the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention

Cyber security concerns all areas of State regulation: protection of personal data or sensitive information, control of private or public infrastructure, information operations, operation of computer systems and application of technology in general. Most cyber operations do not manifest physical consequences, so they do not strictly constitute a "use of force" prohibited under international law. This paper will firstly analyze the illegality of cyber operations as behaviors contrary to the principles of sovereignty and non-intervention and, secondly, the attribution criteria given the complications involved in identifying and prosecuting those who carry out these acts.