Cyber Chaos
On March 24, UConn Law hosted “Cyber Chaos at the Border: Navigating Competing and Conflicting International Cybercrime Laws,” a two-hour roundtable examining the legal and geopolitical stakes at the intersection of cybercrime and international law.
The program opened with a keynote lecture by Matthew Lowe, Visiting Professor from Practice and an expert in artificial intelligence and cybersecurity. An IAPP Fellow of Information Privacy (FIP), Lowe brought a multidisciplinary perspective shaped by his work as in-house counsel at Kyndryl and his prior role as Privacy & AI Counsel at IBM. He also draws on his experience teaching Data Privacy, Cybersecurity Law, and AI Ethics at Cornell University and the University of Massachusetts Amherst, as well as his extensive scholarship on U.S. and international approaches to AI regulation.
Lowe also moderated a fireside discussion featuring Wayne Unger, Professor of Law at Quinnipiac University School of Law and author of Data Privacy and Security Law; William Roberts, Partner and Co-Chair of the Data Privacy and Cybersecurity Practice at Day Pitney LLP and Adjunct Professor at UConn Law; and Vanessa Roberts Avery, former United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut and current Partner at McCarter & English.
Together, the speakers examined how competing global regulatory frameworks—including those in the United States, the European Union, and Eastern jurisdictions—approach cross-border cyber operations. The conversation also explored evolving doctrines of sovereignty and use of force in cyberspace, along with emerging enforcement mechanisms involving both states and private actors. Attendees left with a stronger understanding of attribution challenges, questions of state responsibility, and potential pathways toward multilateral governance in an increasingly interconnected digital landscape.