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Feds grooming next generation of benevolent hackers

Computer-savvy kids at the Defcon Kids convention will hear from the Army\'s computer crime investigative unit, the Department of Homeland Security and the Nati...

Federal News Network Staff

August 4, 2011 2:05 pm

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Federal officials want kids to know that hacking can be fun — if they do it for the federal government. The first-ever Defcon Kids hacker conference kicks off this weekend in Las Vegas, Nextgov reports.

Computer-savvy kids will hear from the Army’s computer crime investigative unit, the Department of Homeland Security and the National Security Agency, which is the Pentagon’s code-cracking division.

Staff member from NSA’s National Cryptologic Museum also will talk about code-making and code-breaking and demonstrate an authentic World War II-era Enigma machine that the Germans used to encrypt secret messages.

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