U.S. Air National Guard/Senior Airman Cody Martin
The US military wants you to hack its computers — as long as you promise to let them know how you did it.
The Defense Department announced Wednesday it would begin the first-ever pilot program called “Hack the Pentagon,” a bug bounty competition for outside hackers to test the vulnerabilities in the military’s systems.
“The goal is not to comprise any aspect of our critical systems, but to still challenge our cybersecurity in a new and innovative way,” a senior defense official told Reuters, adding that thousands of participants were expected to try out.
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Source: Business Insider
