Commentary: Crackers and Feds working together? What it will take:
Since the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Center, a debate has come
about arguing the merits of cracking Afghani and affiliated group websites by
supporters of the United States. Almost instantaneously, US citizens armed
with PC's began attacking infrastructure relating to Afghani-supported groups,
only to be rebuked by the NIPC
(National Infrastructure Protection Center,) which said that "Those
individuals who believe they are doing a service to this nation by engaging in
acts of vigilantism should know that they are actually doing a disservice to the
country."
While many of us are not experts in all security issues, many of us have been
asked by less technically-astute people why we're not assisting the government
in their calls for IT help. Recently the US government announced that they
would begin recruiting people specializing in security - but is this a
double-edged sword?
The answer is yes - here's why...
