April 21, 2009

Hackers wanted by the US government

The US government are looking for hackers, but this time they are not looking to prosecute them, they want them to work with the government to help combat illegal hacking of government and commercial sites.

The IT firm General Dynamics have been advertising on behalf of the Department of Homeland Security for somebody who is able to think like the bad guy, able to understand and use hacker’s tools and look for any holes in the federal IT network that could be vulnerable.

It is well known that hackers have been able to get into systems that control power, water and even security; it is these breeches that the government need to help with and any future attack that could leave the country open to attack from the outside.

Source [Yahoo]