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Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy?

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Feed Name: Schneier on Security

Date Published: 2026-04-01

Date Updated: 2026-04-19

Author: Bruce Schneier

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The blog post critiques the 2026 US Cyber Strategy for signaling support of private-sector "hackback" (offensive cyber actions), arguing that such measures resemble vigilante justice, are dangerous in peacetime, and risk punishing the wrong parties rather than delivering legal justice.

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