Hackers are crawling all over the US Department of Defense’s websites. Don’t worry, though: they’re white hats, and DoD officials are quite happy about the whole thing. . Four years after it first invited white hat hackers to start hacking its systems, the Pentagon continues asking them to do their worst – and a report released this week says that they’re submitting more vulnerability reports than ever. The DoD’sDepartment of Defense Cyber Crime Center(DC3) handles cybersecurity for the DoD, and is responsible for tasks including cyber technical training and vulnerability sharing. It also runs the DoD’s Vulnerability Disclosure Program (VDP). The link for this article located at Naked Security is no longer available. . The collaboration with ethical hackers at the Pentagon has resulted in a notable rise in the number of vulnerability reports filed over the past four years.. White Hat Hacking, Pentagon Cybersecurity, Vulnerability Reporting. . Brittany Day
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