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The Right to Defend
Tim Mullen, 2002-07-29

Is it criminal to reach out and hack an infected machine that's attacking your network?

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The difference is that in all of those scenarios you mentioned, there are law enforcement agencies available and equipped to deal with that crime. And you are correct that you would be crazy to take action yourself (as well as making yourself a criminal also).

Also, the author is advocating that you 'hack' the offenders computer, but disable its ability to continue to attack your network.

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