CIO quotes Cyber Statecraft Initiative Nonresident Senior Fellow Jason Healey on Cold War espionage code of conduct:
Jason Healey, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council’s Cyber Statecraft Initiative, said that in the Cold War, there was a set of unwritten “Moscow rules” illuminating red lines that would not be crossed.
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“It wasn’t a treaty, but there was this sense of where each side could go and if they overstep that, than there might be repercussions,” Healey said at the August 19 panel discussion. “We would never kill a Russian. They will never kill an American spy.”
In contrast, Healey said no set of unifying standards exist for resolving cyber espionage conflicts.
“We have had some cyber espionage cases going back to 1986 where the KGB was spying,” said Healey.