Whether to allow laws to physically destroy by countering hackers in China?

ByBrian Klug

In recent years it is an open fact that major American firms are being attacked from abroad by hackers aimed at stealing software, corporate information, and intellectual property that they are acquiring patents. The US Department of Defense and diplomats strongly condemned the Chinese government and the military that supports the hacking group from behind. Currently, a new report by former government senior officials and group of executives shows that if hacking of intellectual property continues over the future, any American company will be "physically We should consider making legislation that will enable us to destroy it ".

【PDF file】 IP Commission Report
http://ipcommission.org/report/IP_Commission_Report_052213.pdf

Should US companies are allowed to hack China in revenge? New report says yes | The Verge
http://www.theverge.com/2013/5/22/4356196/report-tells-congress-companies-should-hack-back

The published report calls this bill "aggressive network defense", specifically, "to plant malware on the network used by hackers, to control hacker's system camera, and to hackers during hacking There is a possibility that laws may admit counterattack methods such as photographing hackers or physically destroying hacker PCs and networks with malware attacks. In the report, "We do not give the authority to counterattack against a company that is hacked right away, but Congress should not seriously consider such things if it continues to receive the current attack like this in the future It is also stated.

ByBrian Klug

theseCISPARequests for the establishment of the bill were submitted by the Committee on Intellectual Property Infringement which is a private organization without legal power. Even though it is a private organization, he was former Utah governor and ambassador to China in ChinaJohn Mead Huntsman Jr.Mr. and the former US National Secretary of StateDennis BlairMr. is serving as co-chairperson, former Intel CEO, former legislator, company executives etc are members of the group. Mr. Huntsman and Ms. Blair have contributed an editorial criticism to the Washington Post that criticizes China as a place where infringement of intellectual property is rampant. "Our response to hacking from China was weak and we lacked united power, We have to make sure that the act of infringing on intellectual property is dangerous against what we are doing hacking attacks in the United States. "

ByBrian Klug

However, there are voices against such hacker counterattacks. International cyber security consulting companyTaiaCEO Jeffrey Ker said "The act of retaliation against hacking attacks against hacking attacks is to disobey God's teachings and is a terrible idea, so that private companies can legally perform counterattacks against hacker attacks We should not establish a CISPA bill that will make it happen. " Mr. Ker said, "If CISPA bills are passed by Congress and the White House and bills are passed, since we import goods including a lot of electronic equipment from China, new diplomacy between America and China I am worried that the problem will occur. "The VergeI mentioned. James Lewis, manager of the Public Policy and Technology Plan at the Strategy and International Research Institute, also warned of the parliament attempting to pass a bill that would allow counterattacks against hacking attacks and " It should be maintained more safely, this bill is a bad hurting the national interest significantly, "as Mr. Kerr says at The Verge. However, I do not know if the opinion that I said in the new report will be adopted.

The controversial idea of ​​"Whether to give American companies the right to counterattack against intruders on the network?" Is something that was proposed previously by some legal experts and companies is. It is said that some companies are already running in the United States, despite not permitting legal counterattack rights.

ByAdam Thomas

A new request from the committee on intellectual property infringement, represented by Mr. Huntsman, is expected to attract a lot of attention due to the fact that former Obama government officials are involved, but during that time also the Chinese government and the US government Has condemned each other in public places for recent cyber attacks. Meanwhile, these two countries have also expressed their commitment to cooperate with international issues such as hacking and IP hijacking. All kinds of problems these are supposed to be discussed at the first time of the meeting with President Obama and Xi Jinping Jintao carried out in June, it is focusing on future trends.

ByU. S. Department of Agriculture