US and UK prepare fightback against eastern hackers

Courtesy guardian.co.uk Technology  Wed, 06/03/2009 - 17:01

Hackers are being targeted for attack by US and UK security authorities eager to launch a cyber counteroffensive to kick them off the net

Hackers who attack defence or commercial computers in the US and UK in future may be in for a surprise: a counterattack, authorised and carried out by the police and defence agencies that aims to disrupt and even knock them off the net.

The secret plans, prompted by the explosion in the number of...


 

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