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<br><h1>DARPA appeals to hackers for cybersecurity help</h1>
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By <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/hayley-tsukayama/2011/03/25/AFwMAnXB_page.html" rel="author">Hayley Tsukayama</a>, <span class="timestamp updated processed">Published: November 9</span>
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<p>The United States is facing a dire situation, according to former presidential counterrorism adviser Richard Clarke. In a <a href="http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/11/darpa-hackers-cybersecurity">Wired report,</a>
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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p>DARPA has already turned to<a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/innovations/post/darpa-vs-uscis/2011/08/05/gIQAaVxnwI_blog.html"> respected hacker Peiter Zatko,</a>
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.”</p><p>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. </p><br>