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

Posted by samzenpus on 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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  1. Oh sure by msobkow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Oh sure, let's trust the people who can't even protect their own networks to properly identify the perpetrators of a hack instead of some innocent bystander running a TOR exit node. I can't see any risks associated with that. No. Not at all... :(

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  2. What is old is new again by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Look up "letters of marque and reprisal", and perhaps "privateering", too.

  3. Re:If you deputize them by siddesu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Given that most "cyberattacks" are caused by crappy software, making software companies liable for their bugs looks like a better option to me.