[ConservingFreedom]

"The gray area comes in when nonmilitary actors, usually companies, feel that the only way to defend against a threat or attack is to strike back at the machines it originates from, either to mitigate the immediate harm by taking the offending machines offline or to retaliate and deter future attacks."

I can't get behind retaliation or deterrence - we have courts for that - but avoiding immediate harm seems like clear defense of one's property rights. It's like disabling the flamethrower of the guy trying to torch your house.

[nonsporting]

This is not an arms issue. That’s only raised to malign the NRA and the RKBA which deals with physical threats and deterrence.

This is virtual trespass and theft or destruction of property.

[tophat9000]

So Some old old school layer 1 hacking with a machete ?