NSA is looking for a few good hackers

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http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/nsa-is-looking-for-a-few-good-hackers/2011/08/02/gIQAXZAbqI_story.html

By Tabassum Zakaria
The Washington Post
August 2, 7:34 PM

The National Security Agency has a challenge for hackers who think 
they’re hot stuff: Prove it by working on the "hardest problems on 
Earth."

Computer hacker skills are in great demand in the U.S. government to 
fight the cyberwars that pose a growing national security threat -- and 
they are in short supply.

For that reason an alphabet soup of federal agencies -- DOD, DHS, NASA, 
NSA -- are descending on Las Vegas this week for Defcon, an annual 
hacker convention where the $150 entrance fee is cash only -- no 
registration, no credit cards, no names taken. Attendance is expected to 
top 10,000.

The NSA is among the keen suitors. The spy agency plays offense and 
defense in the cyberwars. It conducts electronic eavesdropping on 
adversaries, and it protects U.S. computer networks that hold 
super-secret material -- a prime target for America’s enemies.

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