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And unfortunately “hacking back” is still hacking according to the laws of the U.S. currently. Which might explain why cyber crime is way up. No downside for th
by unstatusthequo 5y ago
And unfortunately “hacking back” is still hacking according to the laws of the U.S. currently. Which might explain why cyber crime is way up. No downside for threat actors.
- r00fus 5y agoSo do we need some "privateers" or would that be too dangerous?
- Y_Y 5y agoJust live in Tunisia or Barbados like a real pirate.
- wmf 5y agoI think there have been a few exceptions where US authorities have authorized "technical action" against botnets and such.
- mrkramer 5y agoUnauthorized computer access in still unauthorized doesn't matter if you hack back and take over a botnet from cyber-criminals. Yea there are exceptions where US authorities together with Microsoft sinkhole, takeover and shut down botnets. Why Microsoft? Because majority of botnets are botnets of compromised Windows computers.