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[Apollo11]

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Leo "Apollo11"

[Apollo11]

Hi all,

Interesting... [8D]

iSpy: Government intelligence agency launches online code-cracking puzzle to recruit future stars of cyber-savvy espionage

By DailyMail UK

GCHQ looks beyond its traditional recruitment pool of Oxbridge to answer the threat of cyber crime

Those who unscramble the code could be fast-tracked to a secret service career


When it comes to the secretive business of recruiting spies, images of shadowy figures and covert meetings at the universities of Oxford and Cambridge spring to mind.

However in response to increased threats from cyber crime, a Government agency is throwing open its recruitment process to self-taught hackers and mathematical geniuses who have not been educated at Oxbridge.

The UK intelligence agency GCHQ has launched an online code-cracking competition in a bid to seek out the next generation of internet-savvy spies with the hope they can help protect the country from the growing problem of cyber crime.


Can you crack it? The key word uncovered in this grid of letters and numbers could lead to a career in the secret service:




It is thought this modern approach will enable the agency to quickly identify those with the right skills for espionage in the computer age.

The puzzle is featured on an unbranded website with the domain name canyoucrackit.co.uk.

Competitors are then faced with a grid of apparently random numbers and letters along with a countdown clock. They are then given seven hours to unscramble the code to reveal a secret keyword.

A GCHQ spokesman said: 'The target audience for this particular campaign is one that may not typically be attracted to traditional advertising methods and may be unaware that GCHQ is recruiting for these kinds of roles.

'Their skills may be ideally suited to our work and yet they may not understand how they could apply them to a working environment, particularly one where they have the opportunity to contribute so much.'

Those who successfully crack the code will be automatically redirected to the GCHQ website's recruitment page and invited to apply for a job. They could then be fast-tracked to a career in the secret service.

The agency launched the recruitment campaign as an internet 'viral', spread via social networking sites - such as Facebook and Twitter - and blogs.

It is hoped the campaign will lead the GCHQ to a previously-untapped source of mathematical whizz kids, with the capabilities to help protect the country from increasing levels of cyber crime.

In a departure from its traditional method of recruiting graduates directly from the universities of Oxbridge, the agency now looking beyond this enlistment pool to include candidates who could be self-taught hackers.

The campaign comes after concerns were raised by the Intelligence and Security Committee about the GCHQ's 'inability to retain a suitable cadre of internet specialists' to respond to cyber threats, it said in an annual report.

Earlier this year Foreign Secretary William Hague said there had been an 'exponential rise' in incidents, with systems such as welfare and tax databases 'liable to attack'.

'Countries that cannot maintain cyber security of their banking system, of the intellectual property of their companies, will be at a serious disadvantage in the world,' Mr Hague said.

In October Iain Lobban, who runs GCHQ, warned that sensitive data had been targeted and that the 'UK's continued economic well-being' was under threat.

He said sensitive data on government computers had been targeted, along with defence, technology and engineering firms' designs.

He revealed there had been 'one significant (but unsuccessful) attempt on the Foreign Office and other government departments this summer'.

A new Government Joint Cyber Unit is to focus on the growing threat of cyber attacks from organised criminals, hackivists, terrorists and hostile states.

Applicants must be British-born citizens but anyone who has previously illegally hacked would be ineligible.

Up until the 1990s MI5 would invite exceptionally bright students for a 'cup of tea and a chat', but in the past two decades it has openly advertised for recruits.

Find out more by visiting http://canyoucrackit.co.uk/.

Leo "Apollo11"

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Terminus

ON TOP OF SPAGHETTIIIIIIII,
ALL COVERED WITH CHEEEEESE,
I LOST MY POOR MEATBALL,
WHEN SOMEBODY SNEEZED!
IT ROLLED OFF THE TAAAAAAAAABLE,
AND ON TO THE FLOOOOOOR,
AND THEN MY POOR MEEEEATBAAAALLLL,
ROLLED RIGHT OUT THE DOOOOOOR!

I chased my son out of the kitchen by singing that song just a week ago. [:D]

So if you eat spaghetti,
all covered with cheese,
hold onto your meatball,
and don't ever sneeze! [:D]

[USSAmerica]

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

[8D][:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[&o] [:D]

[USSAmerica]

Good morning - Tithe. [&o][&o][&o]

[Treetop64]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Apollo11

Hi all,

[8D][:D]


Leo "Apollo11"

[&o] [:D]

What's sad is that someone will think this could actually work.

[Mike Solli]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli




Nik! You're a genius! It worked! Thanks!!!

So having google-fu is equivalent to genius now?!! Mensa here I come! [:D]

It does remind me of the old Bud Light commercials with the "Real Men of Genius" theme. [:D]

Then again, my wife often tells me she married me because I was able to fix her computer speakers so she could hear, "You've got mail." [:D]

That's as good a reason as any. [:D]

[Mike Solli]

Done with the training air units. On to the frontline units.....

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

i am Grand Master Mac!

Bah. You are a google miner. Sorta like a dung beetle without the cleanliness and cuteness. [:'(]

Jelous(tm) [:)]

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: USS America

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Mike Solli




Nik! You're a genius! It worked! Thanks!!!

So having google-fu is equivalent to genius now?!! Mensa here I come! [:D]

It does remind me of the old Bud Light commercials with the "Real Men of Genius" theme. [:D]

Then again, my wife often tells me she married me because I was able to fix her computer speakers so she could hear, "You've got mail." [:D]

Sheesh! I should have just basked in Mike's gratitude and not given credit to the origin of the fix. Lots of geek-oid fixes are based on what you know but far more on what you pick up. Wish i had a borg implant to store all these tidbits. As it is I create little files for future use.

And for the record....sniff sniff.....i spent a good hour trying to find this solution. Now my poor wittle feelins be hurt. You're all Axis Fanbois. [:'(]

[jeffk3510]

Must

[jeffk3510]

Stop

[jeffk3510]

Log

[jeffk3510]

Boy

[Dixie]

Dammit!  I had free tickets for Chelsea v Valencia on Tuesday but Mrs Dixie is working [:(]

[jeffk3510]

Boss lady wants to see Trans Siberian Orch this Dec...

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Boss lady wants to see Trans Siberian Orch this Dec...

whats that?

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: jeffk3510

Boss lady wants to see Trans Siberian Orch this Dec...

whats that?

Trans Siberian Orchestra? An 'electronic' syntho-style band known for their holiday (particularly Christmas) instrumentals since...oh, I don't know...the dawn of time.

You should crawl out from under your cultural LOG, dude...[:'(]

[Chickenboy]

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

ORIGINAL: Mynok

ORIGINAL: Nikademus

i am Grand Master Mac!

Bah. You are a google miner. Sorta like a dung beetle without the cleanliness and cuteness. [:'(]

Jelous(tm) [:)]

It's a good idea to tradmark that one. It'll come in handy when someone else tries to trademark misspelled words. [:'(]

You should also try:

LGO
MCIRSOTF
and
OOEGLE

[Nikademus]

ORIGINAL: Chickenboy

You should crawl out from under your cultural LOG, dude...[:'(]

I'm hoping to do so in 2012.....assuming either the Rapture or the Apocolypse doesn't occur first. Right now i'm just twanging my Banjo at the Trailer.