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Get Paid To Crack?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the more-fun-than-playing-halo dept.

John Klein writes "Corporate Technologies USA, Inc. is offering hackers $250US and up as part of the Hacker Wargame Research Project. Participants are given sufficient time to hack three primary goals on real Windows 2000 servers on an internet connected wargame network. The servers are updated with fairly current Windows patches, so this is not necessarily an easy task. The difficulty is part of the point. The Project is studying how hackers think, called cognitive research, in an effort to better understand how future IDSs might identify the target of an attack during it's early stages. The Project guarantees complete anonymity for those that want to participate without pay, or complete privacy protection to those that choose to get paid."

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  1. Like Most Other Hacking Competitions by n3rd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Will this one just get DOSed into oblivion too?

    1. Re:Like Most Other Hacking Competitions by n3rd · · Score: 4, Funny

      They have a firewall in which they will allow only one IP address at a time to make the attempt. Thus, you sign up for a set time period and they watch you as you hack away...

      Sorry son, a firewall won't help when your network connection(s) are saturated.

      Maybe I didn't RTFA, but you didn't RTFM. ;)

    2. Re:Like Most Other Hacking Competitions by Arker · · Score: 3, Funny

      Apparently I haven't had enough coffee yet, at first glance I thought that said get paid to smoke crack.

      If many others read it that way, I see a meltdown on their server within moments.

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    3. Re:Like Most Other Hacking Competitions by Psyborgue · · Score: 1, Funny

      What you say???? I can't see SCO anywhere in the title.

  2. Nah... by Ceadda · · Score: 1, Funny

    But someone will probably hack the server running the article and put their name at the top... Would that be an instant win?

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  3. Obligatory Movie Quote by wickedj · · Score: 2, Funny

    "Shall We Play A Game?"

  4. Wanted by godzillion · · Score: 2, Funny

    Wanted: Cracks on isolated Windows server. Full disclosure required. Compensation $250 or negotiable. Social Engineers need not apply.

  5. I need sleep by Frac · · Score: 2, Funny

    When I first read the title, I thought it was "Get Paid For Crack?"

    Where where?

    Sigh.

  6. Made my day! by TheWart · · Score: 3, Funny

    Nothing like a good joke to start out my day:
    "The servers are updated with fairly current Windows patches, so this is not necessarily an easy task."

    hahahahahah

  7. I trust them implicitly by godzillion · · Score: 5, Funny

    From the FAQ:

    Q4: How do I know you aren't working for the man?
    A: We're not, we promise.

  8. So they have to take down a Windows server... by PrintError · · Score: 1, Funny

    It's a no-brainer competition. Step 1. Find IP address of server 2. Post link on /. 3. Server crashes 18.113 seconds later from overload 4. Collect underpants 5. 6. PROFIT!!!

  9. Don't do it. by houghi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Just do not try to hack it, or at least try not to succeed. That way M$ will think that their servers are safe and the REAL fun can begin.

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  10. $250, you are shitting me, right? by twitter · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm going to take $250 to be put on a list of windoze crackers? No thanks. I don't care how fun it would be to look into how to do this kind of thing or how bad I need the money. Projects like this have the stink of an INS washing machine give away in a Mexican neghborhood.

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  11. Wonder if they know what they're in for... by Shoten · · Score: 3, Funny

    This company seems to be a bit on the er...amateurish side. Checking out their website, I see that they apparently sell Axxis webcams as though it was some kind of high-end technology, and would love to sell me what looks like "Intranet in a can." Waaaaa hoo. Besides, while I don't go for the typical "it's not in Silicon Valley so it can't be for real" attitude, they are in Fargo, North Dakota. I don't think you have to be in the Valley to be serious, but jeez...it's as if it were meant to be parody!

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  12. Re:The first hit is free... by TedCheshireAcad · · Score: 3, Funny

    Seriously.
    I saw "Get Paid to Crack" and thought it was "Get paid for Crack"

    paid for crack. really. *click*

  13. Am I the only one that smells money? by kaoshin · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just think how many people you could pretend to be, with 250 bucks per identity you could clean these guys out.