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Department of Homeland Security Wants Nerds For a New "Cyber Reserve'"

Posted by samzenpus on from the grabbing-geeks dept.

pigrabbitbear writes "Just three weeks after Defense Secretary Leon Panetta told an audience at the Sea, Air and Space Museum that the U.S. is on the brink of a 'cyber Pearl Harbor,' the government has decided it needs to beef up the ranks of its digital defenses. It's assembling a league of extraordinary computer geeks for what will be known as the 'Cyber Reserve.'"

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  1. NO! by ganjadude · · Score: 4, Funny

    you cannot commandeer /.!

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    1. Re:NO! by ColdWetDog · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe not but if they handed out T-shirts, geeks would be all over it.

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  2. Cyber Reserve? by chill · · Score: 5, Funny

    You know they are jealous of Best Buy and wanted to call this the Geek Squad.

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    1. Re:Cyber Reserve? by siddesu · · Score: 5, Funny

      You may laugh, but I already applied. Try to beat the photo on my resume. http://www.chaosscenario.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/06/27/internet.jpg

    2. Re:Cyber Reserve? by Warhawke · · Score: 4, Funny

      I figured Cyber Men would be a better name for an extended army of...

      Oh.

  3. Assembling? by The+Grim+Reefer · · Score: 5, Funny

    Or rounding up?

    [puts on tinfoil hat]