Forget 007: The next James Bond needs to hack this complex code
20.05.12
James Bond need not apply.
A British government spy agency is using an anonymous code-breaking web page to recruit self-taught hackers “we might not reach otherwise,” a spokesman for the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters says.
GCHQ, which works with the legendary British spy agencies MI5 and MI6, launched the page “gently” nearly a month ago with no clues about its source.
“We kind of seeded it on to some social media elements,” the spokesman told the Star on Thursday.
GCHQ admitted its old recruiting networks, most famously Oxford and Cambridge graduates, don’t always work.
“Traditionally, cyber specialists enter the organization as graduates,” the agency said in a release.
But in the rapidly evolving worlds of cyber and tech crime, “it is essential that GCHQ allows candidates who may be self taught but have a keen interest in code breaking and ethical hacking to enter the recruitment route.”
Source: Toronto Star