re: What should US do if Russia crashes US computer network?

OK, so, things are messed up for a week. During this week, there cannot be some significant economic loss?

See, current International Law speaks in terms of "armed attack" as being acts of war. The law may be out of date. If intentional acts of computer network attacks can cause significant economic loss on another, should International Law hold that this kind of "attack" is an act of war?

That's the purpose of the thread. What do regular people think? Should it be an act of war? I don't think that International Law has settled this question.

I'm wondering what the common sense of the people say about it.

PS I assure you that there are attorneys in DoD or/and the State Dept that are thinking about these kinds of questions. This question is not some kind of way out fantasy thinking -- it could easily be "real world" in the foreseeable future.