I think that is probably a wise thing to do. Just surprised that we do not already have them. This has been a problem for a long time now.
Excellent idea. Maybe then we can find Obama’s birth certificate and Hillary’s emails about yoga and Chelsea’s wedding.
Hire some of the kids at Redditt and 4chan. They deserve a big thank you. Of course that might be like herding cats.
Yes, 2000 hackers per state. That’s a fine idea. Cant wait to see what they fill their time with.
Understand that hacking is not something that you can go to week long training session. It is a WIDE set of skills that covers a very wide set of conditions. Most people who “qualify” as hackers are at the very least, qualified as system administrators. That means a BEGINNING salary range of $35 to $60 thousand. Mid range or “certified” hackers can easily pull $80 to $100 thousand per year. Top end certified developers and network engineers make in the $150 thousand salary range. At the high end, an independent contractor that is certified and has several years of experience and has a clearance, can charge $250 PER HOUR.
To be an intelligence grade operation - i.e. no one knows that you are there and you leave no trace, you are going to need a TEAM - network, programmer, database admin, encryption, etc. The cost of such a team is beyond what most companies can afford.
Now add to the cost the fact that such skilled individuals should have at a minimum a level 2 security clearance (Secret) OR HIGHER. Those background investigations will need to be paid for as well.
I am not saying that it cant be done, but it is not like you can say “Go out and train 100,000 cab drivers to be truckers”. It is closer to say that you need to send 100,000 to get their associates degree, and of those, 30,000 need to go on to get a bachelors and about 5,000 need to go further and get their masters .... in hacking.
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There talking whitehat hacking /pen testing...im workiny on my CPH
The really effective hackers are a unique breed:
It is possible that just PAYING them would turn them off, might actually make them STOP what they do for free.
Bureacrats see people as interchangeable units, but hackers...?
They are INCREDIBLY fickle, suspicious and hostile to authority, hostile to actions undertaken in a group that is PHYSICALLY together under the same roof.
This is absolutely a proposal loved by a BUREAUCRAT.
The need for cyber is always becoming more and more clear, but the old formulas for building that capability will absolutely not work.
I joined the Navy in 1967. One of the events everyone goes thru (still do no doubt) is a day of tests. As a result of those tests, I went to Language School for a year. I’m sure the military is already training its own hackers and has been for a good while.
Can’t he just get the Russian hackers who stole the election for him?
So that’s why reddit/4chan was so much for Trump!
I once read an article saying that china and North Korea has around 1 million hackers in their Army. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PLA_Unit_61398
Most of the members are most wanted criminals in Cyber world https://www.fbi.gov/wanted/cyber/