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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Great idea by cdrudge · 2015-08-03 11:47 · Score: 5, Interesting

This is a great idea. What on earth could possibly go wrong?!?! Lets give the power hungry, egotistical, anti-social network security "experts" who are in charge of creating the insecure networks the right to use "deadly force" against those they think might be responsible.
I can't wait for the fecal matter to hit the CPU fan when the wrong company is targeted for retaliation er I mean offense.