Proposed Bill Will Allow Victims to Hack Their Attackers to Stop Cyber-Attacks

Solarquest

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The US is discussing new legislation that will allow victims of ongoing cyber-attacks to fight back against hackers by granting more powers to entities under attack in regards to the defensive measures they can take.

The new bill, if approved, will allow victims of cyber-attacks to "access without authorization the computer of the attacker [...] to gather information in order to establish attribution of criminal activity to share with law enforcement or to disrupt continued unauthorized activity against the victim's own network."

Proposed by Rep. Tom Graves of Georgia, the new bill is named the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act (ACDC) and, if approved, will amend the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), the de-facto legislation that governs cyber-related crimes.

ACDC includes limitations
 
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I can see that turning into a vicious circle if the bill is past!
 

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