Russia has put forward a draft convention to the United Nations ostensibly to fight cyber-crime.
The proposal, titled United Nations Convention on Countering the Use of Information and Communications Technologies for Criminal Purposes, [PDF] calls for member states to develop domestic laws to punish a far broader set of offenses than current international rules recognize.
Russia, the ransomware hotbed whose cyber-spies were blamed for attacking US and allied networks, did not join the 2001 Budapest Convention on Cybercrime because it allowed cross-border operations, which it considers a threat to national sovereignty.
Russian media outlet Tass also said the 2001 rules are flawed because they only criminalize nine types of cyber offenses. The new draft convention from Russia, submitted last week, defines 23 cybercrimes for discussion.
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