From the course: Ethics in Cybersecurity
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Hacking back
In the years between 2015 and 2024, we saw over 1,000 publicly disclosed data breaches each year. That's an average of three organizations getting hit every single day by cybercriminals. And that doesn't even include the breaches that haven't been publicly disclosed. Between 2017 and 2021, the global impact of ransomware rose from five billion dollars to $20 billion, with that costs expected to be well over $200 billion by 2030. At what point should we take matters into our own hands and start hacking back? This isn't the work of script kiddies camping out in their parents basements. A few years back, we saw reports of drug cartels partnering with cybercriminals to target governments and financial institutions. Shortly thereafter, we started to see reports of new cartels focused exclusively on cybercrime. If cybercriminals are gaining ground on law enforcement, don't we have an obligation to throw our hats in the ring? The YouTuber, Kitboga, has built his entire brand around hacking…
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