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Hacking Crime Victims to Remain Secret

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the security-through-obscurity dept.

outlier writes "The AP is reporting that federal law enforcement agencies are offering to keep the names of companies that have been victims of major cracking crimes secret. The goal is to encourage victims to come forward, so that the government can 'prosecute cases while at the same time achieving the kinds of protection and addressing the concern that the business community rightly has.'" My favorite part is how FBI agents will now "discretely" arrive at victims' offices.

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  1. Re:Jargon File by mumblestheclown · · Score: 2, Offtopic
    How is it possible for a word to be used wrongly? Communication happens when one party talks and the other understands the message. The correct picture has gone from the party that sent the message to the party (readers) receiving it. I venture to say that more people will have understood the article if it said "hackers" instead of "crackers."

    I think those who pray to a talmudic god of vocabulary need to understand that language is a living thing.