- An estimated 90% of US corporate computer networks have been hacked.
- Chinese government hackers frequently penetrate corporate networks and extract design blueprints from defense contractors.
- In the early 2000s, cybersecurity analyst Chris Carpenter (New Mexico) hacked-back and found Lockheed Martin fighter plane designs on Chinese servers.
- The Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (1986) prohibits anyone from “knowingly” hacking, including in retaliation.
- However, recent major breeches (Russian scandal) inspired the proposed Active Cyber Defense Certainty Act.
- The Act would let private sector legally hack-back.
