Hacked Companies Fight Back With Controversial Steps 320
PatPending writes with this report on companies taking aggressive steps to deal with electronic attacks: "Known in the cyber security industry as "active defense" or "strike-back" technology, the reprisals range from modest steps to distract and delay a hacker to more controversial measures. Security experts say they even know of some cases where companies have taken action that could violate laws in the United States or other countries, such as hiring contractors to hack the assailant's own systems. Other security experts say a more aggressive posture is unlikely to have a significant impact in the near term in the overall fight against cybercriminals and Internet espionage. Veteran government and private officials warn that much of the activity is too risky to make sense, citing the chances for escalation and collateral damage." If you've been involved in such an action, how did it work out for you?
Stop playing the troll's game !! (Score:3, Informative)
One of the troll's aim is for others to repeat "mcpc"
What you are doing is just that, repeating it, 4 times
Stop playing that troll's game
Stop repeating "mcpc"
Control your temptation
Re:Not true that fighting back doesn't work. (Score:5, Informative)
In the case of actual hacking, I have no sympathy. Use proper security and you will not need to worry about it. Unlike denial of service, most commonly exploited security holes are easily fixed - especially if you know they exist (which extortion implies.) Trying to hack back while you have security holes still present in your systems is asking for serious trouble.
Re:Stop playing the troll's game !! (Score:2, Informative)
Re:Not true that fighting back doesn't work. (Score:5, Informative)
Many botnet clients apply security patches to prevent others from taking the machine.
Re:Stop playing the troll's game !! (Score:4, Informative)
Lets call it MyCleanPc not mcpc, which is really close to the trade name MCPc; MCPc is a legitimate reseller and professional services organization. I am former employee of MCPc and I can tell you when I worked there they always treated me well, and did right by their customers too.
Please don't conflate their name MyCleanPc which seems to have a somewhat dubious reputation and is a different company.