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The FBI is breaking into corporate computers to remove malicious code – smart cyber defense or government overreach?

  • Written by Scott Shackelford, Associate Professor of Business Law and Ethics; Executive Director, Ostrom Workshop; Cybersecurity Program Chair, IU-Bloomington, Indiana University
imageThe FBI's latest cybersecurity moves bring the government into new territory – inside privately owned computers.AP Photo/Cliff Owen

The FBI has the authority right now to access privately owned computers without their owners’ knowledge or consent, and to delete software. It’s part of a government effort to contain the continuing...

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