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1. Calls upon the Member States of the United Nations to comply to the Digital Geneva
Convention as proposed by Microsoft;
2. Requests actors in the Member States public and private sectors to keep confidential
data stored in offline servers making it imperceptible to attacks through the internet;
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An attack committed by hackers in an attempt to damage a computer or a system
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Internet-based attacks involving politically motivated attacks on information
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6 Must-Know Cybersecurity Statistics for 2017, https://blog.barkly.com/cyber-security-statistics-2017
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Combating crime in a digital age, https://www.europol.europa.eu/about-europol/european-cybercrime-
centre-ec3
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A document created by Microsoft which would oblige the signed states to respect a certain conduct,
namely the exclusion of citizens in government-on-government cyberattacks.
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The European Commission fails to show conviction on fighting cybercrime,
http://www.cio.com/article/2390148/it-skills/eu-s-cybersecurity-budget-up-14-.html
3. Invites the Member States to categorise legislation regarding cyber-attacks in:
a) the manner in which they occur,7
b) the inflicted damage;8
4. Encourages the Member States to create new backups of votes in separate databases
every three minutes throughout election periods;
5. Recommends an increase in funding from the Member States allocated to the research
and development of cyber-defence according to the guidelines set by the Digital Geneva
Convention;
6. Urges both public and private sectors of the Member States to keep their networking
systems up to date with:
a) constant supervision by experts,
b) mandatory preemptive system hacks done not less than every three months by
independent organisations;
7. Instructs Member States to promote police investigations into cybercrime by introducing:
a) a ban on bulletproof hosting9,
b) warrants provided for research of cybercrimes;
8. Encourages the media to discuss cyber-related issues more openly as well as to
educate both the highly-educated and less-educated citizens of the EU regarding the
dangers of the internet by holding:
a) educational lectures,
b) workshops,
c) public and private classes.
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Phishing, malware, ransomware, etc.
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Financial damage, intrusion of privacy, number of victims, etc.
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A service provided by certain hosting firms that provides a shield for hackers when tried to be found.