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President Trump Relaxes US Cyber-Attacks Rules:
President Trump has signed an order relaxing rules around the use of cyber-weapons, the Wall Street Journal reports.[*]
It is a reversal of guidelines, drawn up under President Obama, which required a large number of federal agencies to be involved in any decision to launch a cyber-attack.
[...] The US administration is under pressure to deal with cyber-threats, amid growing concerns that state-sponsored hacks could hit critical infrastructure.
Prof Alan Woodward, a computer scientist at the University of Surrey, told the BBC: "We are in a era when certain governments are acting aggressively in cyber-space, and that is rightly condemned by governments such as that in the US.
"To respond in kind is not necessarily the way to de-escalate the situation."
He added: "You wouldn't allow a pre-emptive physical attack without thorough analysis and approval at the highest levels, so why would cyber-attacks be any different?"
[*] Paywalled.
Let's hope extreme care is taken to identify the actual source of an attack, rather than the apparent source.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday August 18 2018, @11:26AM
My take is that a lot of people have seen that rocking back and forth behind a lecturn, hands held high, exhorting tithing of "thousand dollar seeds" is a helluva lot easier than actually working for it. And besides, they give people who take them seriously a good feeling that they've done the right thing.
But that's not what I read in the Bible... its full of warnings of men who will wear sheep's clothing to drive people into submission.
If some feel better giving a rich man their money, so be it, but I feel like I am to do as I am so guided. Giving resources to those who already brag on having way more than enough is not one of them.