Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act
Current understanding
To be populated as evidence accumulates.
Evidence log
- 2026-07-15 — Cyber Letters of Marque and Reprisal Act: S.5000 / H.R.9697 introduced to authorize the U.S. government to issue letters of marque and reprisal permitting private entities to conduct offensive cyber operations against foreign adversaries — a first-of-its-kind statutory framework adapting the historical privateering analog to cyberspace. (novelty: 4)