Senator says Congress should consider letting companies 'hack back'

Posted by MikeLui on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:41AM
from the washingtonpost.com dept.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-cybersecurity-202/2018/08/21/the-cybersecurity-202-sen-whitehouse-says-congress-should-consider-letting-companies-hack-back-after-cyberattacks/5b7af0301b326b7234392a63/

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Re:Senator says Congress should consider letting companies '... by mtgx on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:58AM (#17810155)

If senators are asking for this, then there must be some companies out there that have lobbied for this. What kind of company would ask for something like this? Is it Oracle and its ilk?

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Re:Senator says Congress should consider letting companies '... by dagw on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:00AM (#17810171)

What kind of company would ask for something like this?

Companies that sell 'security' services.

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Re:Senator says Congress should consider letting companies '... by LinuxBender on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:20AM (#17810366)

Attribution can be hard. What liability will companies have if they "hack-back" the wrong people and/or cause financial losses as a result?

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