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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
Sr. National Security Correspondent
Published
May 31 2017
1:00AM EDT
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