I submitted the Politico article yesterday: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/new-us-sanctions-foreign-hacker-cyber-spy-116579.html http://www.politico.com

I submitted the Politico article yesterday: http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/new-us-sanctions-foreign-hacker-cyber-spy-116579.html http://www.politico.com/story/2015/04/new-us-sanctions-forei... > President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. will now treat foreign hackers and cyber spies like terrorists and nuclear arms dealers. There is also the medium post he made about it [claiming legitimate security researchers won't be targeted, not that I really believe that]: https://medium.com/@PresidentObama/a-new-tool-against-cyber-threats-1a30c188bc4 https://medium.com/@PresidentObama/a-new-tool-against-cyber-... To be honest, it sounds like Obama is positioning all "hackers" as "terrorists" and "foreigners" in the public view. I fully expect him or the next President to declare a "War on Cybercrime". It also means, as of today, the Treasury can literally freeze all of the assets of any non-US citizen on circumstantial evidence. Lets face it, the case against North Korea for the Sony Hack is primarily based on circumstantial evidence. Its indicative but none of it truly is proof. It also pretty much creates a situation where the Executive can freeze the accounts of anyone it doesn't like on circumstantial evidence. Eventually, if they continue the "hackers == terrorists" mantra...they'll start throwing them in prions without trials. And let us be honest, we all know this is where it is going to go eventually. To the average person, the computer is a magical box. This makes it the perfect weapon for a terrorist group with the right type of fanatic to engage in cybercrime to fund their operations while simultaneously the perfect tool to suppress people on the basis of circumstantial evidence that the public, frankly, doesn't understand. I doubt it would ever be used against a US Citizen but already we have security researchers being treated like criminals when they try to enter the US. And, frankly, we have some obligation to say "Hey, this isn't right".