White House taps security firms for offensive hack-back operations
ilamont
23 points
5 comments
August 13, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (4 comments)
Natfan
the russification of the united states continues
voakbasda
Escalation of cyber warfare tactics can’t possibly lead to a full blown conflagration, right? Right?!?
ChrisArchitect
[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49279951
unstatusthequo
Anyone on HN heard of defending themselves before? The economic losses and impact on this country’s business and IP is staggering. It always annoyed me in breach response that we couldn’t hack back. Just lie there and take it is some very weak posture. We don’t negotiate with terrorists, so why don’t we stop being pillaged by know bad actors/states/org crime?