The Commerce Department is asking for public input on what the government should do to combat cyberattacks launched by armies of infected computers.
The request follows a May executive order that directed the Commerce and Homeland Security departments to lead “an open and transparent process” to organize tech companies and other stakeholders to help secure the internet against the automated and distributed attack groups known as botnets.
The botnet section was among the most tendentious portions of the otherwise noncontroversial executive order when it was in draft form. Industry was concerned the government might place additional mandates on businesses.
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