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== Definitions == A '''perpetrator''' is a person who commits an [[unauthorized]], illegal or criminal act. "A '''perpetrator''' can have many meanings: * The [[computer]] from which the [[adversarial]] [[cyber operation]] reached the [[target]]. Note that this [[computer]] — the one most proximate to the [[target]] — may well belong to an innocent [[third party]] that has no knowledge of the operation being conducted. * The [[computer]] that launched or initiated the operation. * The geographic location of the machine that launched or initiated the operation. * The individual sitting at the [[keyboard]] of the initiating machine. * The nation under whose [[jurisdiction]] the named individual falls (e.g., by virtue of his physical location when he typed the initiating [[command]]s). * The entity under whose auspices the individual acted, if any."<ref>[[At the Nexus of Cybersecurity and Public Policy: Some Basic Concepts and Issues]], at 58.</ref> == References == <references /> [[Category:Definition]] [[Category:Security]] [[Category:Criminal]]
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