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“Hack the Pentagon” Competition Aims to Boost US DoD Security

  • 2 March 2016
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By: Liviu Arsene  March 02, 2016
 
Pentagon officials recently announced a “Hack the Pentagon” competition aimed at vetted experts to help the U.S. Defense Department identify vulnerabilities in its websites and boost their security in the process.
 
While such “bug bounty” programs are common for large companies, it’s rare that the Department of Defense asks private sector security experts – white hackers – to come forward in a competition-like event aimed at hacking DOD websites.
 
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The DOD is finally waking up and smelling the roses.Good to see their starting to become proactive.

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