Report: US government plans legal assault on foreign hackers The US is planning a legal assault on the international hacking community and the companies – and governments – that use IP stolen from America. John Carlin, the principal deputy assistant attorney general in the US Department of Justice’s national security division told Defense News that the DOJ was training over 100 special …
Having a 'white hat' organization to protect infrastructure, government systems seems prudent. Using the same to boost about protecting IP seems like a reach. It would be nice if the Justice department could train staff to actually proceed with copious war crimes, fraud and sleight of hand relating the the economic downturn, etc. It's stunning to hear that the odd IP download is the nations biggest problem.
. . . including the FBI, Homeland Security, and NSA.
Pretty rough crowd that.
"I'll give you a prediction,” he said. "Now that we are having people look at bringing one of these cases, it's there to be brought, and you'll see a case brought."
And this guy is definitely looking for a fight.
You have wonder what Holder, the US A-G has for brains.
The idea is stop people stealing the goodies, rather than prosecuting them, which implies a criminal charge. And since the US has domain only after it's own courts, They don't usually give prior notice, either, which is the idea behind the sealed indictment.
Of course, the US hasn't time for the niceties of law, ask the Canadians how many times US law enforcement has come over the border - even kidnapping people and taking them back to the US (only to have to release them)..
As we all too well know, now, there are many governments only to happy to let their citizens be 'renditioned', including Britain under bLIAR, and most likely would happen again under Mad May, the Home Secretary.
Of course, the US government has full access to Sabre and Galileo reservation systems (Amadeus servers are in Europe) so they can sit back there in Washington seeing potential victims. Ask CHOY, Hon-Tim and Nick Leeson, both of whom were detained by the use of Res systems.
Do you think Dot.Com is free to travel, irrespective of any restrictions imposed upon him? There are very few places he can travel without hitting a US-friendly country. Scrub Australia and HongKong. Maybe China? Land movements are the safest for miscreants - they can be done illegally without passports.
What would be far more appropriate is for the US to actually implement some security so their goodies are protected.
Indeed. The expression "good luck with that" comes to mind.
But you don't think this is about hackers and internet troublemakers, do you? More likely a cover for the US to attack established foreign owned corporations for purely economic grounds,hoping to bog them down in US government funded litigation. Look at how they are busy fining foreign banks for manipulating LIBOR, but nobody has been fined for the near collapse of the global financial system caused by US banks financial incompetence and dishonesty.
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What if... and i say IF, it was proved that a disgruntled employee for their own services was the culprit, that would be like shooting yourself in the foot with something you made! Hillarious yet embarassing and im sure rather painful!?
One might want to look at ones own population before taking such leaps and bounds with finger pointing, since all americans are the innocent parties ;-) Using the Karpman drama triangle, an american theory, the mask, kind of fits!?
This is what I call Irony.
"...if you can figure out and prove that they've committed the crime, charging the company means they can't do business in the US, or in Europe..."
Whilst we all know that Murka says "jump" and the collected lickspittles of the EU say "how high?", it would have been nice of Mr. Carlin to keep up the pretence that we have some measure of autonomy, by not announcing in advance what action Europe will be taking as well.
US government goes after "Company CHINA" in China for stealing "Company US" IP in the US and says that they wont be allowed to do business in the US.
"Company CHINA" complains to Chinese Government about US harrassment.
Chinese Government tells Foxconn that until "Company CHINA" can do business in the US, Foxonn can not do business with US companies.
Apple complains to US government because they now can not get their newest iOS devices built and are severely affected.
"Company CHINA" now no longer has to worry about the US government, "Company US" gets told "Sorry, nothing we can do".
"former FBI executive assistant director Shawn Henry said that foreign intelligence agencies and the hackers they use are the biggest threat the US faces, outside of a WMD attack."
Bird flu, foot and mouth disease, financial collapse, gun violence, drug violence, poverty, income disparity, the San Andreas fault, mindless stupidity, party politics ...
To a hammer, every problem is a nail ... and America has so many hammers.
The US regularly corrupts international laws. They have damaged so badly that some things (Mickey Mouse for example) look set to never go out of copyright. American corporate profit margins regularly crowd out my statutory legal rights.
How about the rest of the planet (the 96%) being able to combat criminal activities by people in the USA (the 4%). This would not only include big companies like Apple and MS (or even Google) but could include some of those 3 Letter Acronyms that kidnap people and transport them around the world with the connivance of criminals here?
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