Hackers find security gaps in Pentagon websites

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June 17, 2016 6:04 PM
Hackers find security gaps in Pentagon websites

High-tech hackers brought in by the Pentagon to breach Defense Department websites were able to burrow in and find 138 different security gaps, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.
By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press


WASHINGTON

High-tech hackers brought in by the Pentagon to breach Defense Department websites were able to burrow in and find 138 different security gaps, Defense Secretary Ash Carter said Friday.

The so-called white-hat hackers were turned loose on five public Pentagon internet pages and were offered various bounties if they could find unique vulnerabilities. The Pentagon says 1,410 hackers participated in the challenge and the first gap was identified just 13 minutes after the hunt began.

Overall, they found 1,189 vulnerabilities, but a review by the Pentagon determined that only 138 were valid and unique.

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[WAC]

Everything I've read about our cyber security says we're in a heap of trouble..........will be if not already is  one of our greatest national security threats. I understand that's going to be the big challenge for the next administration is to formulate what's needed to stop this threat....right now it's too hit or miss.

[WAC]

Article states:

The experiment cost $150,000. Of that, about half was paid out to the hackers as bounties, including one who received the maximum prize of $15,000 for submitting a number of security gaps.


The need to hire that guy!!!

[Smokin Joe]

Article states:

The experiment cost $150,000. Of that, about half was paid out to the hackers as bounties, including one who received the maximum prize of $15,000 for submitting a number of security gaps.


The need to hire that guy!!!

Someone will. The only question is "Who?"