Tag: White House

  • White House plans private hack-back program against foreign cybercrime groups

    White House plans private hack-back program against foreign cybercrime groups

    The White House has directed the National Coordination Center to create a programme that could allow vetted private cybersecurity firms to carry out limited offensive cyber operations against foreign criminal groups. The new private hack-back program would operate under US government authority and target transnational organisations linked to ransomware, phishing, fraud, sextortion and impersonation scams.…