New Japan law allows preemptive defense of infrastructure cyberattack
english.kyodonews.net
Japanese parliament enacted a law to allow preemptive acts of cyberdefense, giving the government the ability to legally monitor communications data during peacetime and to neutralize hostile servers in the event of an attack.
  • rottingleaf@lemmy.worldBannedEnglish
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    3 months ago

    So if my home router becomes part of a botnet, I might be helping the defense of Animehentailand?

    Nice.