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U.S. Government Hires Company To Hack Into Video Game Consoles

Posted by timothy on from the free-play-guys-look-into-it dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The U.S. Navy is paying a company six figures to hack into used video game consoles and extract sensitive information. The tasks to be completed are for both offline and online data. The organization says it will only use the technology on consoles belonging to nations overseas, because the law doesn't allow it to be used on any 'U.S. persons.'" Should be a doddle.

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  1. Sensitive information? by PPH · · Score: 4, Funny

    They're looking for the high scores of Taliban insurgents or what?

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  2. Re:They can hack my original game boy and SNES. by AngryDeuce · · Score: 4, Funny

    I guess I'd better hide my copy of Custer's Revenge, otherwise I could be on a one way ticket to Gitmo...

  3. Re:steganography? by Smallpond · · Score: 3, Funny

    Woder what they are looking for.. Mostly wonder what can be found thats not already on facebook.

    They're looking for clues to beat the Ironman Challenge in WoW.

  4. Re:I was thinking a late April Fools joke. by houghi · · Score: 3, Funny

    I am sure they are looking for a fighter like they do here

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  5. Re:I was thinking a late April Fools joke. by gstrickler · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sorry for the delay, but military bureaucracy means it takes a while to get all the forms approved before posting AF jokes.

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