Eric Geller

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

In the 11 years since DOJ's first botnet takedown (Coreflood), DOJ has done malware removals only sparingly, wary of backlash to a novel technique. And anti-botnet ops have indeed generated criticism and skepticism in years past. https://t.co/vCnEnKgUp2 https://t.co/4lriytS80U — PolitiTweet.org

Posted June 10, 2022 Hibernated

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“We have gotten more comfortable, as a government, taking that step,” Hickey, a deputy assistant attorney general for national security, told me in an interview at #RSAC. — PolitiTweet.org

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It wasn't just outside critics who made malware takedowns controversial. Senior DOJ leaders were reticent to approve them. “With Coreflood, it was, ‘Okay, you can stop the malware, but we're not going to delete it. That feels like that's just too much, too fast,’” Hickey said. — PolitiTweet.org

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