Private organizations taking aggressive actions like hacking back to punish cyber attackers or retrieve stolen data is illegal and unhelpful, an assistant attorney general said at a conference the week of May 18 while promoting the early successes of the new Cybersecurity Unit within the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section (CCIPS) of the Justice Department’s Criminal DivisionHacking back, the process of a cyberattack victim initiating their own cyberattack to either retrieve/destroy stolen data or punish an attacker, is heavily…
DoJ Official Says Private Hacking Back Illegal, Unhelpful
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Rich Abott
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