The latest incident underlines the growing cyber threats in front of international justice institutions, especially the ICC pursues high-profile cases against the leading world powers and recently isolated itself on the international platform due to recent US sanctions.
Geophysical stress enhances ICC vulnerability
The ICC attack reflects the widespread global tendency of cyber criminals and nation-state actors that target judicial institutions. In the US, court systems have faced a cyber attack wave in the last one year, including ransomware incidents affecting Jackson County, Missouri, Visconsin Court, Kansas Court and Fulton County, as well as denial of refusal attacks on Pennsylvania Courts.
The cyber attack on the ICC comes at a particularly challenging time for the institution, which has faced unprecedented pressure from the US. In June, US State Secretary Marco Rubio Sanctioned restriction An executive order signed by President Donald Trump targeted the judges against four ICC judges, who authorized the arrest warrant for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and investigated the alleged American war crimes in Afghanistan.
