00846nas a2200085   4500000000100000008004100001245007000042856004500112520060300157       2022                            d00aProtection of civilian data from cyber attacks in armed conflicts  uhttps://www.doria.fi/handle/10024/1850533 aCyber operations targeting civilian data can in a present-day context operate in somewhat of a grey area. Because of this, states and non-state groups can attack civilian data during an armed conflict without consequens in most cases, which can rapidly cause more harm to the civilian population than the destruction of physical civilian objects. Since states have in many cases been reluctant to share their views on how international humanitarian law applies to the case of data as a civilian object, this thesis sets out to clarify whether data is protected from attack during an armed conflict.