U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland arrives to address the staff on his first day at the Department of Justice March 11, 2021 in Washington, DC. The decision by Justice to dismantle âhundredsâ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities is being hailed as a landmark use of a new authority. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch-Pool/Getty Images)
The decision by the Department of Justice announced Tuesday to dismantle âhundredsâ of web shells installed using Exchange Server vulnerabilities, mitigating the threat to private servers in bulk, is being hailed as a landmark use of a new authority. But the move also invited concern among some in the cybersecurity community about the lack of any clear standard for when and how government may hack private systems.