L' INTELLIGENCE CYBER par Jean-Paul Pinte

Assistant Attorneys General John Carlin (National Security Division) and Leslie Caldwell (Criminal Division) spoke last week at Roger Williams’ Cybersecurity conference, outlining an innovative approach to detecting, disrupting, and deterring cyber threats. Caldwell and Carlin cited two recent moves: (1) the U.S.-China agreement to forego theft of intellectual property, and (2) the recent arrest in Malaysia of Ardit Ferizi, a Kosovar who had hacked into U.S. government databases and shared personal identifiable information (PII) about military and other personnel with ISIS (see Ellen Nakashima’s story in the Washington Post here). For Caldwell and Carlin, these two moves represented deliverables in a comprehensive approach to cybersecurity that involves law enforcement, diplomacy, and (when necessary) the use of force.

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