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Helping Enthusiasts Profit from Their Hacking Skills

August 23, 2010 - Eric Chabrow

 

Eric Chabrow

A popular theme in fiction is of two close childhood friends, exposed to the same harsh neighborhood conditions growing up, who follow divergent paths as they reach adulthood: one becomes a police officer, the other a gangster.

That fine line between good and evil can be found, at times, among computer enthusiasts who have the skills to hack into computer systems. The U.S. Cyber Challenge, an organization formed to direct young people to do good, not evil, with their skills, held three treasure hunt competitions this summer in California, Delaware and New York. Dozens are planned for next summer. The competition is preceded by a camp, where participants receive IT security training from the likes of the SANS Institute, a cybersecurity training and certification organization.

Sometimes inquisitiveness, not malevolent intent, gets the better of these computer aficionados, and they edge into the netherworld of criminality. As Orange County, Calif., community college student and computer enthusiast Kyle Osborn says:

"It's really easy to accidently break a law in the computer world because curiosity can easily overcome commonsense.

 

 

More here: http://blogs.govinfosecurity.com/posts.php?postID=678

 

 

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