Hacker ajuns manager de proiect la DARPA

Peiter "Mudge" Zatko (Credit: BBN Technologies)

Cnet News anunta ca Peiter Zatko, hacker cunoscut sub nickul “Mudge” a acceptat o pozitie de manager de proiect la DARPA (agentie cu un buget de 3.5 miliarde $) si se va ocupa cu cercetarile destinate dezvoltarii de “tool-uri” de  protectie impotriva atacurilor de pe internet.

“One of his main goals will be to fund researchers at hacker spaces, start-ups, and boutiques who are most likely to develop technologies that can leapfrog what comes out of large corporations. “I want revolutionary changes. I don’t want evolutionary ones,” he said.”

“Mudge” a fost printre expertii care au lucrat la @stake, (companie cumparata de Symantec si redenumita Veracode) si a contribuit la dezvoltarea LophtCrack,  “a password auditing and recovery application” (citeste “tool pentru spart parole” ).