white-hat hackers

Alejandro Mayorkas

“Hack DHS” program to become permanent fixture at agency

In today’s Federal Newscast, the Department of Homeland Security is making its bug bounty pilot a permanent program.

Federal Newscast

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Stealing personal data through a laptop concept for computer hacker, network security and electronic banking security

Skilled hackers with good intentions

Cybersecurity

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Oct. 8, 2019, file photo, a woman types on a keyboard in New York. Following the disclosure of a global cyberespionage campaign that penetrated multiple U.S. government agencies and private organizations, governments and major corporations worldwide are scrambling to see if they, too, were victims. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

‘Don’t fear hackers, hire them.’

Cybersecurity

FILE - This March 27, 2008 file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. The civilian official overseeing the Pentagon's campaign to defeat the Islamic State group in the Middle East has resigned in the latest jolt to Pentagon leadership in the waning weeks of the Trump administration.(AP Photo/Charles Dharapak, File)

Pentagon wants white hat hackers to try and penetrate all of its websites

Federal Newscast

Jared Serbu: DoD anti-hacker program uncovers 3,000 bugs

Federal Drive

IRS hires ‘white-hat’ hackers to help protect IT systems

Cybersecurity