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THREAD: The Biden admin has been quietly trying to address the ransomware problem w/ a new interagency task force, per @politico. The headline mentions #hackingback, but the story doesn't give much detail about that idea or its history. Allow me . . .
politico.com/news/2021/07/1…
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2/ "Hacking back" is a colloquial term used for offensive measures in cyberspace. Think of it like a spectrum, with stationary defenses (i.e., firewalls) on one side, and more agressive tools (i.e, wiping data) on the other. Hacking back falls closer to the latter category.
3/ More detail here spfusa.org/research/gray-…
