Part Two:
On the website called podcastalley.com, I found three interesting podcasts that I listened to. The second one is about a wide range of topics from lawsuits in the tech industry to political issues with Russian hacking and such, by TWiT.tv. However, an interesting tidbit that caught my attention was that of a new bill proposed by Congress, called the ACDC Act, that essentially allows businesses to get back at hackers by hacking them back in return.
This Act comes from two congressmen from Georgia and Arizona, and stands for the Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act and the Host and guess speakers do seem to laugh about this proposed bill in that it seems like a bad idea or a storyline from a poor superhero movie. They also note that it doesn't seem like a good idea try an eye for an eye approach to cyber problems.
While the problem with cyber attacks is very real, and seems almost to be a growing nuisance, I am not sure if this would be a step in the right direction and sounds like it may be stemming from a place where the folks that thought of it may not have the best understanding of what cyber warfare actually is. The plan to stop hackers by "hacking back" doesn't make much sense to me, and I am not sure how that would stop future threats.
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