http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2011/dec/01/gchq-computer-hackers-ad By Mark Sweney guardian.co.uk 30 November 2011 The government intelligence service, GCHQ, is aiming to attract the next generation of web-savvy spies by running an ad campaign that challenges computer hackers to crack a code to get an interview. GCHQ, which reports to the foreign secretary and works with MI5 and MI6, has set up a websitethat is home to a tricky visual code. The agency is drumming up interest in the code by seeding a message into social media, such as blogs and forums, that cyber specialists with a "keen interest and ethical hacking" might frequent. GCHQ usually hires its cyber specialists straight from college or university as graduates. However, the organisation admits that with the fast-moving world of computer technology it needs to tap the ranks of "self-taught" hackers as well. [...] _____________________________________________________ Subscribe to InfoSec News - www.infosecnews.org http://www.infosecnews.org/mailman/listinfo/isnReceived on Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:34:00 PST
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