Licensing Mercenaries To Hack Foreigners

Just when you thought security couldn't get more absurd, proposed policies suggest handing private contractors a legal license to surveil and disrupt foreign criminal networks for the bargain price of a one-million-dollar bond. Foreign cyber syndicates and contractors alike are dragged into this grand scheme of legalized retaliation, because regulated hacking surely won't cause unintended chaos. Shielding our fragile infrastructure from the fallout of this impending digital Wild West will require strict adherence to regulatory rules, assuming anyone actually bothers to follow them.