Exposing cyberattackers can easily backfire

• Autores: Chelsea Whyte
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3115, 2017, pág. 11
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • When it comes to cyberattacks, a game theory model suggests that pointing the finger at perpetrators might not be the best tactic, and could even play into the hands of attackers. Attributing cyberattacks to their source can be difficult, as was seen last year in the breach of email accounts belonging to members of the US Democratic National Committee. After investigations by intelligence agencies, the US eventually attributed this attack to Russia. But naming who's behind an attack may not be helpful if they can't retaliate, says Benjamin Edwards at IBM Research, who led the modeling work