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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by tantalor on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @01:41PM (#11211972)
From the "what, they weren't doing that already?" department.
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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by starshadowx2 on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @01:49PM (#11212028)
They had their own internal groups, but this is now open to external pentesters.
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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by dogma1138 on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:47PM (#11212457)
They've always used external pens, but through contracts. This seems to be more like an "open" bug bounty program which just requires prior vetting for obvious reasons.
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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by hanniabu on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @02:06PM (#11212149)
Pentesters, I like the term. Clever combination
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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by na85 on Wednesday March 02, 2016 @07:31PM (#11214231)
Works better than Testagons.
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Re:U.S. military invites vetted experts to 'Hack the Pentagon' by pvaldes on Thursday March 03, 2016 @06:49PM (#11220971)
"Testagons" is even better, a jewel. Testa (= Head) + Gone

This is a word that wants to be discovered. Practical example: "Hi, we call from the medicus mundi hospital, some of your damned testagons are bombing us again". Pure gold for journalists.

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