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The ability to retaliate against cyber attackers\u2014irrespective of the legalities of such actions\u2014appears to have gained traction in the United States government, but is it a practical response for achieving tactical and strategic objectives in cyberspace? Attribution limitations, collateral damage considerations, the Internet\u2019s global archi- tecture, and potential event escalation make the challenges of engaging in active cyber defense an ineffective course of action destined to achieve limited tactical successes at best; and it risks accelerating digital as well as physical conflict. Too many variables prevent active cyber defense deter- ring or punishing adversaries in cyberspace. For that reason, this article advocates a more productive solution\u2014aggressive cyber defense\u2014to frustrate attackers via nondestructive or damaging activities.<\/p>\n

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The ability to retaliate against cyber attackers\u2014irrespective of the legalities of such actions\u2014appears to have gained traction in the United States government, but is it a practical response for achieving tactical and strategic objectives in cyberspace? Attribution limitations, collateral damage considerations, the Internet\u2019s global archi- tecture, and potential event escalation make the challenges of engaging … Continue reading Hacking Back: Not the Right Solution<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":127,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":148,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions\/148"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/thecyberloop.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}