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0 pointsleephillips9y ago0 comments

Trying to fight a war purely with defense is usually a dangerous strategy. The only long-term solution is to find the attackers and take them out.

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tunesmith9y ago

That's irony, right? I can't even tell anymore.

gtirloni9y ago

Microsoft has had an active role in taking down botnets.

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2012/03/microsoft-takes-down-doz...

sosuke9y ago

I do remember something about a virus that patched the computers it infected. White hat virus!

leephillipsOP9y ago

No, not irony. Our infrastructure is under attack. Why not fight back?

solipsism9y ago

Based on what international laws? The source is likely in a country that doesn't play nice with our law enforcement and extradition requests. So what are you advocating?

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mancerayder9y ago

"War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength."?

tedmiston9y ago

Let's build a botnet to DDoS the DDoS botnet. /s /kinda

cm21879y ago

...or simply send a few hackers to Guantanamo!

alexbeloi9y ago

Except other adversarial technology domains like encryption or spamming where defensive technologies are extremely good when used and 'finding the attackers and taking them out' is ridiculously impractical.

empath759y ago

Might not be wildly impractical to brick insecure iot devices.

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