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Japan enacts the Active Cyberdefense Law, which permits the country's authorities to preemptively engage with adversaries through offensive cyber operations (english.kyodonews.net)
submitted 2 weeks ago by Pro@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 31 points 2 weeks ago

begun, the cyberwars have

[–] medgremlin@midwest.social 22 points 2 weeks ago

Did anyone else see this headline and immediately jump to Ghost in the Shell?

[–] Nay@feddit.nl 12 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Hack the Planet!!

[–] AtariDump@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

It’s all garbage!

[–] Tiger@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 weeks ago

Great, good, Godspeed Japan.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 7 points 2 weeks ago

Most countries have been engaging in cyber warfare for a while now. I'm sure Japan already was doing this.

Now it's legal apparently. So that's nice.

[–] joshchandra@midwest.social 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

From the small thumbnail, I thought the graphic was showing pirate ships, not battle stations.

[–] snek_boi@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 weeks ago

Omg I just squinted and saw the pirate ships. Thanks for your contribution.

[–] rottingleaf@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

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

Nice.