[HIB]Darpaâs Star Hacker Looks to WikiLeak-Proof Pentagon
Tomorrowâs WikiLeakers may have to be sneakier than just dumping military docs onto a Lady Gaga disc. The futurists at Darpa are working on a project that would make it harder for troops to funnel classified material to WikiLeaks â or to foreign governments. And that means if you work for the military, get ready to have your web, email and other network usage monitored even more than it is now. Darpaâs new project is called CINDER, for Cyber Insider Threat. Itâs lead by a legendary hacker-turned-Darpa-manager. CINDER may have preceded Pfc. Bradley Manningsâ alleged disclosure of tens of thousands of documents about the Afghanistan war from Defense Department servers. But the idea is to find someone just like him. By hunting for poker-like âtellsâ in peopleâs use of Defense Department computer networks, Darpa hopes to find indications of indicate hostile intent or potential removal of sensitive data. âThe goal of CINDER will be to greatly increase the accuracy, rate and speed with which insider threats are detected and impede the ability of adversaries to operate undetected within government and military interest networks,â according to the defense geeksâ request for contractor solicitations on the project.
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