The age of "black ice" is nigh, as firms wary of crackers are reportedly
installing
"counter-offensive" software for automatically retaliating against
crackers. Mind you, I suspect that the software is more likely to end up
crashing hijacked machines than flatlining rogue console cowboys; also, I
suspect that once some crackers figure out how it works and how it selects
targets, coaxing it into attacking innocent bystanders will become a
new extreme sport for script kiddies.