Hacker Training -- Inside The Ring/Washington TimesThe Pentagon has ordered all troops and officials involved in protecting computer networks from enemy hackers to undergo training in computer hacking themselves.
A Feb. 25 update to a directive on information security from the office of the assistant defense secretary for networks and information integration requires workers involved in what the Pentagon calls computer-network defense to be certified in understanding as many as 150 hacking techniques.
The new training requirement comes as the Pentagon is moving ahead with creation of a new Cyberwarfare Command at Fort Meade, Md.
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My Comment: What makes a good hacker .... his mental mind frame and undisciplined temperament, obsessiveness on all things computer and internet, and a lack of appreciation for authority and structure .... these are all the qualities that the military tends to frown upon.
Hmmmm .... maybe there is a band of rebels in the Pentagon that I am not aware of.