Black Hat speakers took up the issue of whether and how organizations should counterattack against adversaries. One idea that got plenty of attention was the notion of exploiting vulnerabilities in attack tools and botnets. The military arms of several governments around the world are building up cyber-forces with an eye toward a retaliatory strike capability. Data thieves are still getting into corporate networks too easily — in some cases simply by tricking one targeted victim to open a phishing e-mail. “Your enemies are not ethical hackers,” says Laurent Oudot, founder of TEHTRI-Security.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2126669/is-retaliation-the-answer-to-cyber-attacks-.html