Re:UK cyber security agency backs Apple, Amazon China hack d...
by JumpCrisscross on Friday October 05, 2018 @11:39AM
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> There is plenty of precedent for the US government issuing national security letters (“NSLs”) containing gag orders for ongoing investigations
I don't think the U.S. government can compel companies to lie. It can, though, request them to.
If the NSA said "your servers were compromised by a state-sponsored scheme, and we'd like your co-operation in running counterintelligence operations" I think it would be fair for a company to say "yes". Particularly if part of the offer included help extracting infected hardware from said company's infrastructure.
I don't think the U.S. government can compel companies to lie. It can, though, request them to.
If the NSA said "your servers were compromised by a state-sponsored scheme, and we'd like your co-operation in running counterintelligence operations" I think it would be fair for a company to say "yes". Particularly if part of the offer included help extracting infected hardware from said company's infrastructure.