[AfrICANN-discuss] DARPA appeals to hackers for cybersecurity help

[Anne-Rachel Inné]

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DARPA appeals to hackers for cybersecurity help
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     By Hayley Tsukayama<http://www.washingtonpost.com/hayley-tsukayama/2011/03/25/AFwMAnXB_page.html>,
Published: November 9

The United States is facing a dire situation, according to former
presidential counterrorism adviser Richard Clarke. In a Wired
report,<http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/darpa-hackers-cybersecurity>the
publication quotes Clarke telling attendees at a “cyber colloquium”
Monday that U.S. networks are “porous as a colander” and not equipped to
deal with the challenges it faces on the cyberscurity front.

The solution? The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is
reaching out to hackers for help. DARPA spokesman Eric Mazzacone told Wired
that the agency is looking to recruit “visionary hackers” to the agency to
help it explore “more and better options” to protect the country against
threats.

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DARPA has already turned to respected hacker Peiter
Zatko,<http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/darpa-vs-uscis/2011/08/05/gIQAaVxnwI_blog.html>aka
“Mudge,” as a program manager for its Strategic Technologies Office,
but is clearly looking to get more insider expertise on the world of
cybersecurity. In a blog post, Sophos’s Lisa Vaas said that it’s about time
that the government moved to hire more security talent. “At risk are both
trade and technology secrets as well as crucial infrastructure,” she wrote
in her own plea to white hats. “SOS. We need you.”

Hackers are often the first to call attention to security or other flaws in
closed systems, and can be smart and high-profile hires. For example,
Facebook hired iPhone and PlayStation cracker George Hotz in June, and
ICANN has had Jeff Moss, aka “The Dark Tangent” on the payroll since April
2011.
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