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Cyber security minister ridiculed over s'kiddie hire plan
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Cyber security minister ridiculed over s'kiddie hire plan
Cyber security minister ridiculed over s'kiddie hire plan
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http://www.theregister.co.uk/2009/06/29/cyberminister_gaffe/
By John Leyden
The Register
29th June 2009
Security experts have strongly criticised suggestions by a government
minister that former hackers might play a key role in Britain's newly
announced cybersecurity strategy.
Lord West, the Home Office security minster, made the controversial
suggestion that the government had recruited former hackers to work in
its new Cyber Security Operations Centre, a key components of the UK
government=E2=80=99s cybersecurity strategy announced last week.
West told the BBC that the government had avoided employing "ultra,
ultra criminals" but needed the mad skillz expertise of former
miscreants.
"You need youngsters who are deep into this stuff=E2=80=A6 If they have been
slightly naughty boys, very often they really enjoy stopping other
naughty boys," he said.
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