The Department of Justice is countering a growing chorus of privacy advocates who are against a rule change that will greatly expand law enforcement s ability to hack into computers located around the world. Advocates of the idea argue there would be more reliability, transparency and accountability in the process of government vulnerability disclosure. Security industry analysts and lawmakers will get an unprecedented chance next week to evaluate how the government might respond to a potentiallycyber-attack on critical infrastructure targets. Read the full article of the Vulnerability Equities Process.
Source: https://threatpost.com/us-gov-simulate-cyber-attack-next-week-021110/73528/