The new order sweeps away decades of existing U.S. cybersecurity policy prohibiting private companies from conducting ‘hack back’ attacks or offensive cyber operations.
Archived version: https://archive.is/20260813215558/https://techcrunch.com/2026/08/13/in-a-first-us-will-allow-some-private-firms-to-carry-out-cyberattacks/
It’s about private companies who are allowed to hack, not the government themselves. And China has those too, like Israel and the US.
May as well add Russia to the group. Russia allows hacker groups to exist so they can be given assignments.
Yes Russia does not care about hacker groups when they don’t target Russia. But I don’t think they have private companies like the rest does.