Get Paid To Crack?

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."

Comments

Like Most Other Hacking Competitions

[n3rd]

Will this one just get DOSed into oblivion too?

Re:Like Most Other Hacking Competitions

[n3rd]

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. ;)

I trust them implicitly

[godzillion]

From the FAQ:

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

Don't do it.

[houghi]

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.