[ISN] DARPA, NSA, DoD launch cyber security effort: Operation Schmooze Hackers

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http://www.itworld.com/security/222273/darpa-nsa-dod-launch-new-cybersecurity-effort-operation-schmooze-hackers

By Kevin Fogarty
ITworld.com
November 08, 2011

In its unending effort to find more technologically innovative ways to 
accomplish things most of the government agencies that are its clients 
can't do at all, DARPA called a conference this week to ask for help 
security military and government networks against hackers.

Who did it invite?

Hackers.

Not, fortunately, the divisions of Chinese military hackers who have 
been digitally marching one by one through military and government 
installations with impunity for anywhere from five to ten years.

The Defense Advanced Research Agency (DARPA) called the "cyber 
colloquium" to talk about the difficulty DARPA and the Pentagon have 
securing their systems.

"DARPA seeks the elite of the cyber communityâvisionary hackers, 
academics and professionals from small and large businessesâto change 
the dynamic of cyber defense," the invitation read.

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