Bomb-makers, hackers wanted: US seeks public help to prevent attacks
The U.S. government is recruiting hackers and bomb-makers to help strengthen American defenses in hopes of defusing possible terrorist attacks.
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, announced in March that its Improv program was soliciting research proposals — with an emphasis on creativity — for prototypes and systems that could “threaten current military operations, equipment or personnel” made from commercially available technology such as cellphones.
Meanwhile, the Defense Department announced a pilot program, Hack the Pentagon, that is designed to identify and resolve security vulnerabilities within DOD websites.
“The goal of the program is to cast a wide net for ideas,” DARPA program manager John Main said of Improv. “We have experts who tell us some things that are possible, but the truth is that there is a huge variety of technology available to almost anyone, so a panel of experts can only tell us part of the story.
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