[chainsaw10]

So what happens if a hacker hacks company A and uses their server as a jump box to hack company B? Is company B allowed to hack A since their machine was used in an attack?

Or even worse, what if company B is mistaken as to who attacked them? If they "hack back" as advocated, but against the wrong target, are they liable?

[FundThrowaway]

Seems like quite a likely outcome to me also, I imagine most serious attackers understand the concept of covering their tracks and aren't exactly going to be sending packets straight from their home computer without protection.

Just take a look on any of the numerous cybercrime forums at any one time there are hundreds of "VPS"s available for rent which are are just compromised PCs of innocent folk.

[Andre_Wanglin]

It is amusing that while you can easily recognize the attribution problem, you venture that others cannot.

[gm-conspiracy]

That is why we are here, and the 'other' is not. Hegemony exists.