Counterterrorism Expert: It's Time To Give Companies Offensive Cybercapabilities

Posted by samzenpus on Monday August 3, 2015 @11:35AM from the protect-yourself-at-all-times dept.

itwbennett writes: Juan Zarate, the former deputy national security advisor for counterterrorism during President George W. Bush's administration says the U.S. government should should consider allowing businesses to develop 'tailored hack-back capabilities,' deputizing them to strike back against cyberattackers. The government could issue cyberwarrants, giving a private company license 'to protect its system, to go and destroy data that's been stolen or maybe even something more aggressive,' Zarate said Monday at a forum on economic and cyberespionage hosted by think tank the Hudson Institute.

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This is a great idea by GrumpySteen · 2015-08-03 11:50 · Score: 4, Informative

Companies have demonstrated how careful and responsible they are with the DMCA takedowns, so it's only logical that we allow them to go further and actively attack the evil-doers out there.
Re:uhhh, yeah by GrumpySteen · 2015-08-03 12:42 · Score: 4, Informative

Otherwise, this will create private, corporate owned, corporate sponsored armies. They will be, essentially, corporate warlords.
You mean like Academi/Xe/Blackwater?