Transcription of Ethics of Hacking Back
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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.
also corrupt the system files of a computer or network to make it permanently inoperable. Because there are many ways you could hack back, they involve different levels of harm, from privacy intrusions to data breaches to physical damage. It also may matter who does the hacking back: a private individual who hacks back without the approval of law
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