Tech

This Bill Would Make Revenge Hacking Legal

Counterattack

The Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act, proposed by a GOP congressman, appears to contemplate hacker-versus-hacker gladiatorial combat—and that has security experts concerned.

Kevin Poulsen
Kevin Poulsen 

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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Kevin Poulsen

Kevin Poulsen

Sr. National Security Correspondent

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