Publication Date: 2018-05-07
New Yorker staff writer Nicholas Schmidle discusses his latest piece in the May 7th issue: “If Your Files Are Stolen by Hackers, Why Is It Illegal to Steal Them Back? (online as, "The Digital Vigilantes Who Hack Back"). He reports on the members of Congress who, in the wake of enormous cyber attacks on companies like Uber, Equifax, Yahoo, and Sony—and Russian hackers’ theft of e-mails from the Democratic National Committee’s server—are trying to pass a significant revision of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act that would permit companies, and private citizens, who are victims of cyber crimes to “hack back.” This segment is guest hosted by Jonathan Capehart.
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