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Re:Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back by esbafb8 on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @06:59PM (#16972529)
Yeah right. Good luck hacking back when most attacks are relayed through zombie devices.
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Re:Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back by Andre_Wanglin on Tuesday May 01, 2018 @08:48PM (#16973172)
Why do you assume your imagined incompetent whitehats are incapable of differentiating zombie hosts from C&C and other meaningful infrastructure?
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Re:Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back by dvhh on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:36AM (#16975068)
Because competent whitehats sound expensive to contract
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Re:Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back by Andre_Wanglin on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:39AM (#16975361)
No one paid Marcus Hutchins. He just acted. (And look what what that got him.)
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