German Bundeswehr Recruiting Hackers

Posted by timothy on Sunday February 8, 2009 @05:46PM from the blinkenlights-brauch'-das-fingerpoken dept.

bad_alloc writes "Heise.de tells us about the German Bundeswehr's idea of recruiting hackers in order to 'penetrate, manipulate and damage hostile networks.' (Note: The following passage has been translated from German into English: 'The Regiment is stationed in Rheinbach, near Bonn, and consists of several dozen graduates from Bundeswehr universities. They're training at the moment, but the 'hackers in uniforms' are supposed to be operational by next year. This regiment officially belongs to the "Kommando Strategische Aufklärung" (strategic reconnaissance) and is commanded by Brigadier General Friedrich Wilhelm Kriesel. The Bundeswehr has not said anything to this regiment yet.' You can find the full article in German."

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Re:That's great and all, but... by 42forty-two42 · 2009-02-08 19:12 · Score: 0, Flamebait

If it's a major, huge, timely event, sure, fine. If it's some minor story about, okay, bundeswehr (who are they? why do I care?) recruiting hackers (because no other company/military/whatever the hell they are does that, clearly), then either translate it before submitting or wait for some English news source to pick it up.
Re:The German Bundeswehr by rastos1 · 2009-02-08 22:21 · Score: 1, Flamebait

Who or what is the German Bundeswehr and why should I care?
Because everyone knows what is US navy or USAF ... You should care because US has just managed to pull whole world into financial crisis, so we would appreciate if you look a bit further then inside of your borders.