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As cyber-attacks on the US rise, is the answer to hack back?

Russian President Vladimir Putin gestures while speaking at a cybersecurity conference in Moscow, Russia, Friday, July 6, 2018. Putin said it's important to develop common cybersecurity standards that take into account interests of all nations. (Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP)

Sergei Chirikov/Pool Photo via AP

Some cyber security experts want the US government, and even private companies and individuals, to go on the offensive.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/cotuit1.jpg A new father?s life is tragically cut short

Kevin Quinn, a Marine, survived two combat tours in Afghanistan. He was killed Saturday heading home from Cape Cod Hospital, where he?d been visiting his just-born daughter.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/ReceivedContent/Images/quinn3.jpg $118,000 raised for family of new father killed in Cotuit crash

More than $100,000 was raised in a single day for Kevin Quinn, the former Marine and new father killed in head-on crash in Cotuit.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/composite_3.jpg Man who allegedly shot two Falmouth officers may be arraigned Tuesday

Two relatives of suspect Malik Antonio Koval are also slated to be arraigned Monday in Falmouth District Court.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/d0d9c17d2fc64e6bb09a9ebe3ef67e8a-d0d9c17d2fc64e6bb09a9ebe3ef67e8a-0.jpg Conference call scheduled in Nathan Carman lawsuit

Carman is the Vermont man at the center of separate probes into the murder of his grandfather and disappearance of his mother.

EMBARGOED UNTIL 12:01 am 1/1/18 Boston, MA - 12/31/2017 - An unidentified man stays warm just inside the Prudential, near the Green Line. Boston Mayor Martin J. Walsh (cq) will have a special announcement about the homeless in his inaugural address. Photo by Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Topic: 01walshhomeless Reporter: Fox, Guerra

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Study: Death rate for homeless on Boston streets 10 times higher than average

Homeless people living on the street in Boston had a death rate nearly three times higher than those living in shelters, almost 10 times higher than the general Mass. population.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/IMG-0660.JPG Boston, Milton firefighters battle one-alarm blaze at vacant former paper mill

Firefighters in Boston and Milton battled a one-alarm blaze Monday morning at an abandoned building near the line between the two cities.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/kreiter_stigmatines1_met.jpg Waltham votes to seize priests? bucolic home and build a high school on the property

Waltham officials want to take a 46-acre plot to build a new high school. A tiny order of priests who?ve called the land home for a century aren?t happy.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/29/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/XSTU9832.jpg Healey backs Pressley over Capuano in Democratic Congressional primary

Healey announced her endorsement Monday morning in a fundraising email sent to both Healey?s and Pressley?s individual lists of supporters.

Dave Epstein

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/26/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/tlumacki_vermontweatherfeature_metro.jpg The humidity is sticking around for the near future

It?s been a hot and humid month, and that will continue into August.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/25/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/Chin072518SouthBostonFatality_Met7.jpg South Boston comes together to remember boy killed in crash

Hundreds turned out Sunday evening for a candlelight vigil held days after a 2-year-old being pushed in his stroller was killed in a chain-reaction style crash.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Politics/Images/20cabc3141574cc1b6ca60c0f14477b9-20cabc3141574cc1b6ca60c0f14477b9-0.jpg N.Y. Times publisher rebuts Trump?s account of meeting

A.G. Sulzberger flatly disputed the president?s characterization of an exchange they had during a July 20 meeting.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/38c3b780bdec4e6a8784b24c7946d4ab-38c3b780bdec4e6a8784b24c7946d4ab-0.jpg Bode Miller, Morgan Beck look to raise awareness after daughter?s drowning

The Millers said they are speaking about the tragedy in hopes of preventing it from happening to other families.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/04/04/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/200_anita_hill.jpg Anita Hill to John Oliver: ?I?ve had my life turned upside down?

The Brandeis University law professor was interviewed by Oliver, and the segment appeared on Sunday?s episode of ?Last Week Tonight.?

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/shark_scituate.jpg ?This isn?t a toy!? Anger greets photos of dead shark hung by its tail in Scituate

Some animal lovers said they were offended or horrified when they saw photos of a dead white shark posted on social media platforms on Saturday.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2016/07/10/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/lee_soxrays11_spts.jpg With trade deadline looming, here are some relievers the Red Sox could target

The Red Sox have options as they turn their attention elsewhere in search of relief.

Chad Finn

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/ex-pats.jpg Here?s what an NFL team of still active ex-Patriots would look like

A team of old friends-turned-theoretical-foes could be a genuine Super Bowl contender.

Names

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/29/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/Belichick2.jpg Auction winner and family members huddle up with coach Belichick

Aidan Browne got the opportunity by winning an auction that benefits the Bill Belichick Foundation.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Metro/Images/greenhouse_31commave-1_metro.jpg Slowdowns accompany first Monday of Commonwealth Avenue bridge closures

Traffic backed up Monday outside Boston on the Massachusetts Turnpike, but flowed relatively smoothly through the city by around 8 a.m.

Dan Shaughnessy

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2013/10/06/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/shaughnessy_20131006.jpg Great tales emerge from another historic weekend in Cooperstown

Alan Trammell got to see his Lakers beat the Celtics in the old Garden. Eck was pulled over on the way to his enshrinement. Wade Boggs almost played with a guy named Dorsett.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/28/BostonGlobe.com/Sports/Images/tlumacki_patriotstrainingcampday3_sports055.jpg Ivanka Trump Brady: That?s what Donald said he wanted

Trump joked that he ?could have had Tom Brady. Instead, I got Jared Kushner.?

Braves pitcher Sean Newcomb said the tweets, made when he was pitching for Middleborough High, were ?some stupid stuff. . . . I definitely regret it, for sure.?

Middleborough?s Sean Newcomb apologizes for offensive tweets

Newcomb, who now pitches for the Atlanta Braves, made the tweets when he was playing for Middleborough High in 2011 and 2012.

HELP DESK

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/0713_DoIEvenNeedACameraAnymore_Color_RGB_WEB.jpg Do you even need a camera anymore?

If your only goal is to capture a moment and post it to social media or quickly send it to a friend, a smartphone is the better choice, obviously. But there?s more to consider.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/2dfbe939584c4dc1ac4a202c7783c3ac-76e4c9830faf4bd288f6c61e97862bfa-0.jpg California wildfires claim more lives; crews make progress

Thousands more fled after wildfires surged near a small town in Northern California, while a deadly blaze farther north slowed slightly.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Foreign/Images/Rex_Malaysia_Releases_Final_Report_I_9773892J-2846-U832996319084Ju--90x90@BostonGlobe.com.jpg Report highlights shortcomings in MH370 investigation

The Malaysia Airlines flight disappeared mysteriously in 2014, and little wreckage has been found.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/AP18208653751600.jpg There?s now a price tag for ?Medicare for all?: $32.6 trillion

A Virginian libertarian policy center says Bernie Sanders? proposed universal health care plan would require historic tax increases.

Evan Horowitz | Quick Study

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/27/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/AFP_15J057.jpg To see capitalism at its finest, you might have to visit Europe

Across the Atlantic, competition among businesses is alive and well.

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/00577bd9b37b4b4daea1334a7c6630fe-00577bd9b37b4b4daea1334a7c6630fe-0.jpg CBS board to discuss CEO?s role in wake of misconduct claims

Six women have accused Les Moonves of sexual misconduct.

Opinion & Ideas

Editorial

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Ideas/Images/dc895b76d959446ab18d508303aa55ed-dc895b76d959446ab18d508303aa55ed-0.jpg Faneuil Hall?s slave legacy

An artist?s proposal for the site confronts the city?s legacy of slavery in a fruitful way.

Special reports

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/20/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/Commuting_print.jpg The target: you and your every move

How companies use geolocation data to target you ? and everyone around ? in ways you?re not even aware of.

Newsletters

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STAT

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/30/BostonGlobe.com/National/Images/fruit%20fly%20larvae.jpg He turns color into a precision tool to untangle the ?dance of molecules?

Luke Lavis brings varicolored detail to the colorless biological systems.

Globe event

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/06/08/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/SeattleTimes_10kirsner02_biz.jpg Seattle?s mayor talks growing pains that offer some lessons for Boston

Seattle mayor Jenny Durkan spoke at a Globe event on how innovation is shaping our world, and she?s in high demand among the hundreds of mayors gathered in Boston.

Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/07/18/BostonGlobe.com/Arts/Images/FlfQGTy9_585.jpg More about Last Seen: The Largest Unsolved Art Heist ever

A true-crime podcast about the most valuable ? and confounding ? art heist in history: the theft of 13 irreplaceable artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston.

Cars

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Pittsburgh sees hands-on restart of Uber's self-driving cars

Uber officials say the company has taken the first step toward relaunching its self-driving cars on Pittsburgh area streets four months after a fatal accident involving one of the cars in Tempe, Arizona

Love Letters: The Podcast

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/05/16/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/lovelettersalbum.jpg Getting over a breakup

Meredith Goldstein explores how to move on when a relationship ends.

Listen:   Apple Podcasts   |   Stitcher   |   RadioPublic

 

Real Estate

Address

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2018/04/06/BostonGlobe.com/Lifestyle/Images/stan-fellows-home-nest-illustration$medium.jpg Spring House Hunt: Should parents buy property in a college town?

As the spring house hunt gets underway and National College Decision Day nears, thoughts are turning to campus housing.

The Big Picture

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The Big Picture

The life aquatic

The summer heat is here. Take a look at animals cooling off with water or in their aquatic environments.

Crossword

//c.o0bg.com/rf/image_90x90/Boston/2011-2020/2017/08/21/BostonGlobe.com/Business/Images/crossword.jpg Play the crossword

Puzzled? Keep trying your hand at our interactive crossword and see if you can triumph.