Pentagon Contractors Openly Post Job Listings For Offensive Hackers

June 15th, 2012 Posted in Uncategorized

Sparrowvsrevolution writes “In the wake of confirmation that the U.S. government was involved in the creation of Stuxnet and likely Flame, a look over job listings on defense contractor sites shows just how explicitly the Pentagon and the firms that service it are recruiting offense-oriented hackers. Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, SAIC, and Booz Allen have all posted job ads that require skills like ‘exploit development,’ have titles like ‘Windows Attack Developer,’ or asks them to ‘plan, execute, and assess an Offensive Cyberspace Operation.’”

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