Eric Geller

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Eric Geller @ericgeller

B/c of all this, the thinking inside USG has shifted. It's now harder to justify leaving a botnet intact than it is to justify taking action, Hickey said. "If we've done everything we can to ensure there will not be collateral damage, why would we just leave the malware there?” — PolitiTweet.org

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There's also less public backlash. "We have done things like this a number of times where I don't feel like people are like, 'Are you crazy?'" Hickey said. "There's still an appropriate level of scrutiny of these operations, but I think we have established credibility and trust." — PolitiTweet.org

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The shift has also been driven by the FBI's increased willingness, as part of its recently updated cyber strategy (https://t.co/Ut0DteKkQV), to prioritize disruption over arrests. It's been devoting more money and staff to the complex work of developing malware removal tools. — PolitiTweet.org

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