Uncle Sam Seeks Private Hackers to Disrupt Criminal Networks
This BankInfoSecurity article reports that the White House has launched a program engaging private cybersecurity firms, with guidelines that explicitly authorize accessing systems without owner or operator authorization. Casey Ellis, founder of Bugcrowd, notes in a LinkedIn post that this wording paraphrases the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which prohibits such access.
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The White House, in a major expansion of how it works with the private sector, has launched a program to engage private cybersecurity firms to conduct cyber
Inventors / authors: Mathew J. Schwartz