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The specter of cyberconflict has finally captured the world’s attention and Imagination. What is challenging about the issue of cyberconflict is that it exploits, in many cases, widely used dual-use technologies such as computer networks and the internet itself, and that the number of potential actors—governments, hackers, terrorists, the private sector, criminals, and even unwitting computer users—has exponentially grown. Technological development often rushes ahead of legal, definitional and ethical debates—and cyber development is no different. The international community is now starting the process of discussion with the goal of reaching common understandings. This issue of Disarmament Forum is a contribution to that critical discussion.