Saturday, June 25, 2011

USA Teaching 8-Year-Olds How to Be Hackers


Have things gotten so bad online security-wise that the government is now recruiting adolescents?
Want to teach your kids how to hack? There's a conference for that.
Reuters reports that the first-ever Defcon Kids conference will take place this August in Las Vegas, and will teach children ranging from ages eight to sixteen the basics of computer hacking, and how to protect themselves against cyber attacks. It will also serve as a recruiting farm for U.S. federal agents looking for the next-generation of "digital crime fighters."