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| Gov't "Vulnerabilities Equities Process" (VEP) testing and some concerns |
| 2019-02-02 |
| [Stanford Law] News of governments such as Russia and North Korea deploying their tech teams to hack into companies for political reasons has made headlines (think Sony after release of the movie The Interview). But what about when the U.S. government "hacks" to get around security measures designed to protect consumers? Can those hacks backfire and put us all at risk? Riana Pfefferkorn, Cryptography Fellow at Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, looks at these issues in a new paper Security Risks of Government Hacking. Here, she discusses her findings. Related: Washington Times - Gov't Counter-Hacking operations raises concern. |
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