[ISN] GCHQ aims to recruit computer hackers with code-cracking ad

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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.

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