DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers

defensenews.com 19 Dec '12, 12am

DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers

In an intriguing push against the ever-increasing number of foreign-governments sponsored cyber attacks against U.S. companies, the U.S. Department of Justice intends to turn to its roots with an old-fashioned tactic that has worked against the mafia, drug traffickers and white collar crime: criminal prosecutions. It is no secret that Chinese state-sponsored hackers have been running advanced persistent attacks against U.S. defense contractors in recent years — often virtually living on their computer networks. But until now, responses to cyber attacks were viewed as either a legislative challenge, an intelligence riddle for the FBI, or a potential Defense Department and National Security Agency job. The riddle has consistently been this: If defenses aren’t working against better and better attackers, how to make the attackers pay? State Department demarches? Ineffectual. ...

Full article: http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121218/C4ISR01/31218...

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@CokeSaeba » 04 Jan '13, 11am
DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] vía @defense_news
@rodrigobijou » 03 Jan '13, 7pm
RT @wartimesdaily: 'DOJ Plans to Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers' [link] #cybersecurity
@askewplanet » 02 Jan '13, 8pm
DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Atackers [link] #cyberwar #natsec #infosec
@petrakramer » 02 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @subverzo: @TheJusticeDept Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] <<oh the hilarious irony. Would USA mutually extradite?
@subverzo » 02 Jan '13, 8pm
@TheJusticeDept Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] <<oh the hilarious irony. Would USA mutually extradite?
@gregoryfoster » 02 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @mach2600: This will be interesting. RT @th3j35t3r: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link]
@DJM1968 » 02 Jan '13, 8pm
RT @th3j35t3r: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link]
@stuzzy1969 » 01 Jan '13, 11am
I don't see how this will change anything but...DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] via @defense_news
@mooseabyte » 31 Dec '12, 12am
RT @citizenlab: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link]
@SeanAMason » 30 Dec '12, 6pm
MT @George_Kurtz: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] <- Not sure how this will work, but novel idea
@hackerjoe » 30 Dec '12, 5pm
“@simplenomad: Interesting... [link] via @defense_news” < slippery 2 way street
@rixstepnews » 30 Dec '12, 5pm
RT @George_Kurtz: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] <- A step in the right direction!
@George_Kurtz » 30 Dec '12, 5pm
DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] <- A step in the right direction!
@rodrigonieto » 25 Dec '12, 3pm
RT @Boondoggle2: “@dangerroom: huge... Justice Department planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link] via @taosecurity” #hsfuture
@dane_shelly » 22 Dec '12, 2pm
Feels like bringing a knife to a gunfight: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] via @defense_news
@NikitaShah298 » 22 Dec '12, 10am
RT @El_Grillo1: US DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] via @defense_news
@bscansdotcom » 20 Dec '12, 6pm
RT @6: US considers charges v. state (PRC) actors (China) & corp. beneficiaries (ChiCom) in economic (.cn, not .il) espionage: [link]
@6 » 20 Dec '12, 6pm
US considers charges v. state (PRC) actors (China) & corp. beneficiaries (ChiCom) in economic (.cn, not .il) espionage: [link]
@t_toyota » 20 Dec '12, 9am
RT @nigroeneveld: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] #cyberwar #infosec
@nigroeneveld » 20 Dec '12, 9am
DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] #cyberwar #infosec
@truthusadotcom » 20 Dec '12, 9am
RT @webradius: Well, imagine that... ;-) MT @dangerroom: Justice Department planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link]
@RachAwesomeFace » 20 Dec '12, 6am
RT @cinnamon_carter: RT @0xerror DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link]
@cinnamon_carter » 20 Dec '12, 6am
RT @0xerror DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link]
@JustinOlbrantz » 20 Dec '12, 4am
DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] #technology #law
@CleanBurnCandle » 20 Dec '12, 3am
RT @tjefferson1976: CFR run DOJ Plans 2 Indict Cyber Attackers [link] & give drug &terrosist $s lauderingCFR banksters a pass [link]
@FaustoCepeda » 20 Dec '12, 2am
"Justice Department planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies" [link] //Uy,pues no les vayan a hacer lo mismo #Stuxnet
@tjefferson1976 » 20 Dec '12, 1am
CFR run DOJ Plans 2 Indict Cyber Attackers [link] & give drug &terrosist $s lauderingCFR banksters a pass [link]
@MaysReport » 19 Dec '12, 6pm
How will this influence US behavior? - DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] via @defense_news
@Richardson_Mich » 19 Dec '12, 6pm
Interesting. Cue Baker meltdown...RT @pagarvin: DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] via @defense_news
@jjink » 19 Dec '12, 6pm
DOJ Plans to Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers | Defense News | [link] [link]
@MrBaicunn » 19 Dec '12, 5pm
RT @CipherLaw: Feds plan to criminally prosecute hackers sponsored by other nations. [link] < Could target hackers, governments, companies
@GoldbergLawDC » 19 Dec '12, 5pm
RT @jeremiahg DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers [link] < interesting & useless <- Could allow asset seizure
@CipherLaw » 19 Dec '12, 5pm
Feds plan to criminally prosecute hackers sponsored by other nations. [link] < Could target hackers, governments, companies
@jeremiahg » 19 Dec '12, 4pm
"DOJ Plans To Indict State-Sponsored Cyber Attackers" [link] < well, that'd be interesting… and useless.
@culperjournal » 19 Dec '12, 4pm
#DefenseNews: #DOJ Plans to Indict State-Sponsored #Cyber Attackers [link]
@belowring0 » 19 Dec '12, 4pm
RT @stuxnet_bot: RT RT @mikko: US plans to prosecute Chinese state-sponsored cyberspies: [link] Next: Iran to prosecute... [link]
@thegrugq » 19 Dec '12, 4pm
@alexey_lyashko @osxreverser [link]
@G20ICT » 19 Dec '12, 3pm
5 Trends to Watch for in Chinese Cybersecurity in 2013 [link] Blog: @adschina #WCIT12 division more emerging vs developed wrld
@matthew_d_green » 19 Dec '12, 3pm
US plans to prosecute Chinese state-sponsored cyberspies [link] (ht @mikko) << The least crazy of the crazy ideas I've seen.
@Boondoggle2 » 19 Dec '12, 3pm
“@dangerroom: huge... Justice Department planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link] via @taosecurity” #hsfuture
@VOAHilleary » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
WOW! Where do they start?? @TheJusticeDept Plans to Indict State-sponsored Hackers. [link] via @defense_news
@webradius » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
Well, imagine that... ;-) MT @dangerroom: Justice Department planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link]
@taosecurity » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
RT @adschina: DOJ charging Chinese SOE or state supported company with cyber espionage means they can’t do business in US [link]
@blackChinahand » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
Future CHN indictments? Maybe. RT @RewiredDefender RT @dangerroom DOJ 2 target state-sponsored hackers [link] via @taosecurity
@mtanji » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
This is very comfortable, but it will not scale: [link]
@adschina » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
DOJ charging Chinese SOE or state supported company with cyber espionage means they can’t do business in US [link]
@RewiredDefender » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
Wow! RT @dangerroom: This is huge! DOJ planning to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link] via @taosecurity
@le_rameau » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
RT @mikko: US plans to prosecute Chinese state-sponsored cyberspies: [link] Next: Iran to prosecute US Contractors behind Stuxnet&Flame?
@mikko » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
US plans to prosecute Chinese state-sponsored cyberspies: [link] Next: Iran to prosecute US Contractors behind Stuxnet&Flame?
@dmhartnett » 19 Dec '12, 2pm
How they going to do that w/o state support? MT @dangerroom: JustDept. to prosecute state-sponsored cyberspies. [link]