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Pentagon: We'll pay you if you can find a way to hack us

Jellied Eel Silver badge

Re: Do I look like a ground-nut farmer?

Hey, at least they won't have you jailed/extradited/renditioned for treason/espionage... Probably.

Well, did you complete form DOD:1236-6349-10943104 in triplicate, and have it approved prior to your attempt to hack the DoD?

I'm kinda wondering how this will work. DoD already invites hackers by virtue of it's existence. So how will it determine if hacking attempts are people trying to win the bug bounties, or more nefarious attacks? And could you use the bug hunt as a defence if you're caught hacking DoD?

I also doubt it's retrospective and could be used as a defence by Assange and Manning, but I guess Assange may try..

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