Comments on: US Cybersecurity Chief Defends Use Of Hacking Talent http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/us-cybersecurity-chief-defends-use-of-hacking-talent-2176 Enhancing business with technology - in association with eweek.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 17:33:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Patrick Dickey http://www.techweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/us-cybersecurity-chief-defends-use-of-hacking-talent-2176#comment-268 Patrick Dickey Fri, 23 Oct 2009 12:29:47 +0000 http://www.eweekeurope.co.uk/news/news-security/us-cybersecurity-chief-defends-use-of-hacking-talent-2176#comment-268 There's a difference between hiring someone to penetrate your systems, so you can strengthen them, and having someone do it without your knowledge. The chief shouldn't have to defend their use of hackers, as long as they aren't using them to penetrate foreign systems (or any systems not directly under their control). I'm sorry. If the guy hacked into their system without their authorization, he commited a crime and should be punished. It doesn't matter why, or whether they hire people to do the same things. There’s a difference between hiring someone to penetrate your systems, so you can strengthen them, and having someone do it without your knowledge.

The chief shouldn’t have to defend their use of hackers, as long as they aren’t using them to penetrate foreign systems (or any systems not directly under their control).

I’m sorry. If the guy hacked into their system without their authorization, he commited a crime and should be punished. It doesn’t matter why, or whether they hire people to do the same things.

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