https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Really-active-defence/m-p/22004#M2716 <P>I read an article about this and was tempted to post it here.&nbsp; My trouble is that, if they were *good* hackers, their whereabouts would never be known.&nbsp; For Israel to bomb a building in real-time while the hack was being perpetrated is possible but I'm more apt to put it in the "that's really hard to do" category.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>My unsubstantiated humble opinion is a specific target was in that building and the cover of the retaliatory attack was used to send the target to his eternal reward of 72 virgins.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But, we are at war with some nation states when it comes to cyber security. If you disagree you are not being honest about their intent.&nbsp; Is it nation-state policy to now use lethal force on a target when they are actively targeting you with cyber attacks?&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:55:55 GMT Flyslinger2 2019-05-06T19:55:55Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Really-active-defence/m-p/21997#M2715 <P>So Hamas had a cyber unit of hackers trying to attack Israeli cyberspace.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>So Israel had <A href="https://thehackernews.com/2019/05/israel-hamas-hacker-airstrikes.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fighter drones attack the building from which the Hamas hackers were working</A>.</P> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:12:15 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Really-active-defence/m-p/21997#M2715 rslade 2019-05-06T19:12:15Z https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Really-active-defence/m-p/22004#M2716 <P>I read an article about this and was tempted to post it here.&nbsp; My trouble is that, if they were *good* hackers, their whereabouts would never be known.&nbsp; For Israel to bomb a building in real-time while the hack was being perpetrated is possible but I'm more apt to put it in the "that's really hard to do" category.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>My unsubstantiated humble opinion is a specific target was in that building and the cover of the retaliatory attack was used to send the target to his eternal reward of 72 virgins.</P><P>&nbsp;</P><P>But, we are at war with some nation states when it comes to cyber security. If you disagree you are not being honest about their intent.&nbsp; Is it nation-state policy to now use lethal force on a target when they are actively targeting you with cyber attacks?&nbsp;&nbsp;</P> Mon, 06 May 2019 19:55:55 GMT https://community.isc2.org/t5/Industry-News/Really-active-defence/m-p/22004#M2716 Flyslinger2 2019-05-06T19:55:55Z