Is “Hackback” Official US Cybersecurity Strategy?
2026-04-02T07:23:41Z•a19c7c79e84ec1e04aa0c1a323d16f32192df6a30900b54b3db6a99ed6360bce
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What happened
Bruce Schneier's March/April 2026 posts cover several security and policy topics: the new 2026 US Cyber Strategy language appears to encourage private-sector "hackback," a proposal Schneier argues is dangerous; Senator Wyden warns of another secretive Section 702 surveillance abuse with serious civil-liberty implications. Technical items include a demonstrated Xbox One hardware exploit (voltage/ reset glitching, dubbed Bliss) enabling unsigned code at every level, and a discussion of Apple’s camera indicator design as a hardware-based privacy mitigation. Other pieces survey cognitive security/
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- schneier_blog
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- a19c7c79e84ec1e04aa0c1a323d16f32192df6a30900b54b3db6a99ed6360bce
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- 2026-04-02T07:23:41Z
- AI-assisted enrichment
- Yes
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