The Today Show Interviews The Mother Of All Hackers- Sherri Davidoff of the Lake Missoula Group

American mom of two kids is a white hacker who hacks into computer systems for good guys. Sherri Davidoff  from Missoula, Montana is an MIT graduate is one of the first female white hat hacker in a male-dominated industry.

She and her team run a national consulting firm called LMG Security which is hired by companies to test their security. Davidoff said – “We’ve seen this whole hacker economy evolve. And that means it’s no longer 13-year-olds in their mom’s basement that are hacking us. It is organized crime groups all over the world.”

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

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.

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Governor Bullock Announces Montana’s Participation in Girls Go CyberStart Initiative

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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.”