Inventions

MTS (Russia’s largest mobile phone company) is hiring computer hackers to create its new phone applications.

MTS has joined forces with Vodafone and other global telecom groups to create a common app standard offering would be designers access to their customer bases.

Russia produces 70,000 computer programming graduates a year some of whom join the shadowy ranks of the hacker community.

Josh Tulgan, head of investor relations with MTS said: “Russia has about 3 per cent of the world’s internet users, but seemingly a much larger share of the world’s hackers, spammers and cybercrime. One benefit [of our efforts] may be the creation of more legitimate opportunities for this abundance of talent.”

Interesting concept … don’t you agree?

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Siobhan Gorman reported today in the Wall Street Journal about an NSA program called “Perfect Citizen” that is intended to detect possible cyber attacks on U.S. companies and governmental agencies.

Gorman wrote, “‘Perfect Citizen’ would rely on a set of sensors deployed in computer networks for critical infrastructure that would be triggered by unusual activity suggesting an impending cyber attack.” And added, “U.S. intelligence officials have grown increasingly alarmed about what they believe to be Chinese and Russian surveillance of computer systems that control the electric grid and other U.S. infrastructure”.

The program is being funded by the multi-billion-dollar Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative that was begun under Bush 43 and is being continued by the Obama administration. The program may also be able to assist companies investigate their own cyber attacks.

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