U.S. government wants a few good hackers

The battle between good and evil,I wonder where the U.S Goverment going to use the hackers for good or evil?.

We're from the government and we want you to help us.

That was the message that from a seven-member "Meet the Fed" panel, where government officials answered the questions of a roomful of hackers at the Def Con conference here Saturday.

Including members of law enforcement, a congressman and security experts, the panel illuminated the problems the government has in securing systems and appealed to hackers not to make it any harder--both to help the government and to help themselves.

The objective of coming and having a "Meet the Fed" panel is to give folks who have not crossed the line yet a positive alternative," said Jim Christy, a supervisory special agent for the Department of Defense. "There is a whole lot of talent here--let's put that talent to good use."

There was a lot of people who wanted cards because they wanted jobs," said Christy, who added that teenagers doing the right things now may make all the difference later.

Some of our most secret agencies across the country are looking at people with skills that the people in the audience have," he said after the session.

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Source: Cnet

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