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Ethics of Hacking Back
Ethics of Hacking Back Six arguments from armed conflict to zombies A policy paper on cybersecurity Funded by: National Science Foundation Prepared by: Patrick Lin, PhD California Polytechnic State University Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group San Luis Obispo, California Prepared on: 26 September 2016 Version: Index Abstract 1 Acknowledgements 1 1. Introduction 2 What is Hacking back? 3 What is the controversy? 4 2. Six arguments 7 Argument from the rule of law 8 Argument from self-defense 10 Argument from attribution 12 Argument from escalation 14 Argument from public health 19 Argument from practical effects 21 3. Conclusion 24 4. Endnotes 25 About the author 341 E t h i c s o f H a c k i n g B a c k : S i x A r g u m e n t s f r o m A r m e d C o n f l i c t t o Z o m b i e s Copyright 2016 Patrick Lin, Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group Abstract It is widely believed that a cyberattack victim should not hack back against attackers.
The same laws that make it illegal to hack in the first place—for instance, to access someone else [s system without authorization—presumably make it illegal to hack back. In the U.S., the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act and Wiretap Act are among the key pieces in this patchwork of law. Foreign laws may be violated, too, such as the Computer
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