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Cities Turn to Hackers to Protect Their Tech – Has Your City Called “Alien”?

July 16, 2019/No Comments

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The rise of ransomware has forced local governments to take more aggressive action to protect their systems and data from attack. One novel approach involves crowdsourcing ethical hackers to find bugs and vulnerabilities.

by Jon Bottarini
https://www.govtech.com/opinion/Cities-Turn-to-Hackers-to-Protect-Their-Tech-Contributed.html
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“Breaking and Entering: The Extraordinary Story of a Hacker Called ‘Alien,’” Sherri Davidoff, an MIT hacker turned cybersecurity CEO of LMG (Lake Missoula Group)

“We break into companies and write reports about it.”


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