Huntress's 'hilarious' Attacker Surveillance Splits Infosec Community
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Huntress's response to an attacker sparks debate in the infosec community over ethics and product usage.
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As presented I see no ethical concerns with the incident and their response. Someone hacks you and then installs your rootkit, I say you can leverage that to hack back and look all you want while it's running (as long as you can be confident it's really the attacker obv). I appreciate that Huntress shared their insights with the community and hope that they and others won't be discouraged from the unfortunate flaming.