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Mar. 1, 2017

Hacked companies hit back

For the first time, some companies are taking advantage of lawful means to take the fight back to the hackers. By Jeff Bleich and Kelly Fair

Jeffrey L. Bleich

Phone: (415) 882-5020

UC Berkeley School of Law

Jeff is a former president of the State Bar of California and special counsel to President Barack Obama. He currently serves as a special master for multi-district litigation in the federal court.

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By Jeff Bleich and Kelly Fair

For companies, cybersecurity has always been a rear guard action - hackers attack and companies defend as best they can. Until now. For the first time, some companies are taking advantage of lawful means to take the fight back to the hackers.

Ordinarily, if you owned a store and shoplifters were stealing your goods, your approach would not be simply to put all of your products behind heavy glass. You'd find out ...

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