We need a Geneva Convention for cyber war - Microsoft president

Tom Wright
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Brad Smith calls on governments to be more co-operative with each other to combat state-sanctioned cyber attacks, and calls on the tech sector to act as a 'digital Switzerland'

Microsoft president Brad Smith has called on governments worldwide to unite and form a digital equivalent of the Geneva Convention to help combat state-sponsored cyber attacks. Smith said in a b...

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