Firewalls and firefights.

The article looks at computer and Internet security and cyber crimes against corporations, focusing on novel strategies being advocated by some cyber-security consultants known as active defense. It cites the strategy of hacking back, or using computer-hacking tactics to retaliate against cyber-crim...

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Published in:Economist Vol. 408; no. 8848; pp. 53 - 55
Format: Article
Published: Economist Newspaper Limited 8/10/2013
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