Pentagon allows hackers are cracking sites

- The US Department of Defense begins Monday with a hacker program. The best computer nerds are invited to crack the public sites of the Pentagon. The department will thus discover the weaknesses in its systems.

The hackers do not only for the honor. With 'HackerOne is a prize of $ 000 150. (133. 000) involved. It is not known what the techies get a successful hack.

Not every nerd may otherwise participate. The hackers must first undergo a thorough security check. They also get access to the real systems of the Pentagon, but only to an exact copy.

The Ministry of Defence has 488 different websites, eg for different divisions or for veterans programs.