A publication from the Associated Press he says that the International Committee of the Red Cross announced Thursday that it is seeking support for the creation of a "Red Cross/Red Crescent digital badge" that would make it clear to military and other hackers that they have entered the computer systems of medical facilities or Red Cross offices.
The Geneva-based humanitarian organization said it was calling on governments, companies, friends of the Red Cross and Red Crescent and IT experts to join forces to develop "concrete ways protectionof medical and humanitarian services from digital damage during armed conflicts”.
For more than 150 years, symbols such as the Red Cross have been used to make it clear that "in times of armed conflict, those who wear the red cross or the facilities and objects bearing them should be protected from harm".
The same obligation should apply online, the agency said, noting that hacking businesses in times of conflict they are likely to increase as more and more hackers develop their cyber capabilities.
The organization said that for the proposed "digital emblem" to become a reality, nations around the world would have to agree on its use and make it part of international humanitarian law alongside other existing humanitarian insignia. He hopes the emblem will identify computer systems as belonging to protected facilities just as a red cross or crescent on a hospital roof does in the real world.
“Η Διεθνής Επιτροπή του Ερυθρού Σταυρού δήλωσε ότι έχει εντοπίσει τρεις τεχνικές δυνατότητες: ένα έμβλημα που βασίζεται σε DNS και θα χρησιμοποιεί ένα ειδικό tag για να το συνδέει με ένα domain name, ένα έμβλημα που βασίζεται σε IP και ένα έμβλημα ADEM ή ένα πιστοποιημένο ψηφιακό έμβλημα με ένα system which will use certificate chains for signal protection".