Wanted: Computer hackers … to help government (AP via Yahoo)

Posted by Zac on Apr 18th, 2009 and filed under Gadget. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

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Well maybe I will have a future job after all! Sure it might be with the government, but don’t they have great retirement packages?

WASHINGTON – Wanted: Computer hackers.

Federal authorities aren’t looking to prosecute them, but to pay them to secure the nation’s networks.

General Dynamics Information Technology put out an ad last month on behalf of the Homeland Security Department seeking someone who could “think like the bad guy.” Applicants, it said, must understand hackers’ tools and tactics and be able to analyze Internet traffic and identify vulnerabilities in the federal systems.

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