Defence Secretary Philip Hammond MP said he would not rule out hiring hackers. Newsnight looked at plans for a cyber defence force capable of launching internet attacks on other countries as a deterrent against them striking Britain. The programme also interviewed Jake Davis and Mustafa Al-Bassam (former members of the notorious LulzSec hacking gang, who were convicted earlier this year), and Dr David Day, the Sheffield Hallam University computer forensics expert who provided evidence for the conviction, for the first time. However, issues of trust, ethics and maturity tend to rear their heads.”]
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