the commissions’s report says.<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cNew options need to be considered,<\/i>\u201d the authors call, then
\nadding that current laws are limited and \u201chave not kept pace
\nwith the technology of hacking.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n
Thus, the commission suggests allowing active network retrieving
\nstolen information, \u201caltering it within the intruder\u2019s networks,
\nor even destroying the information within an unauthorized
\nnetwork.”<\/i><\/p>\n
For example, locking down the computer of unauthorized users and
\nforcing them to come out to police could be one of the options.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe file could be rendered inaccessible and the unauthorized
\nuser\u2019s computer could be locked down, with instructions on how to
\ncontact law enforcement to get the password needed to unlock the
\naccount,\u201d<\/i> the commission recommended.<\/p>\n
In other words, authors suggest legalizing ransomware – an
\nextortion tool used by organized criminals, when malware that
\nblocks access to the computer system it infects, and demands a
\nransom paid to the creator to remove the restriction.<\/p>\n
Such measures, the commissioners stressed, do not violate existing
\nlaws, but still might help to prevent attacks and even provide both
\ntime and evidence for law enforcement to investigate the
\ncyber-crime.<\/p>\n
As additional measures, the report recommends \u201cphysically
\ndisabling or destroying the hacker\u2019s own computer or network,<\/i>\u201d
\nimplanting malware in the hacker\u2019s network or photographing the
\nhacker using his own system\u2019s camera.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe legal underpinnings of such actions taken at network speed
\nwithin the networks of hackers, even when undertaken by
\ngovernments, have not yet been developed,<\/i>\u201d the authors say.<\/p>\n
So, if counterattacks against hackers were legal, companies could
\nuse a variety of techniques and cause severe damage to the
\ncapability of IP pirates.<\/p>\n
“These attacks would raise the cost to IP thieves of their
\nactions, potentially deterring them from undertaking these
\nactivities in the first place,<\/i>” the report concludes.<\/p>\n
However, if counterattacks were legalized, this would not be just
\nabout companies and hacker. Some pirated movies or songs on private
\ncomputers, could be deemed an IP theft and allow rights holders to
\ndo horrible things to suspected systems.<\/p>\n
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