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DARPA Cyber Chief "Mudge" Zatko Going To Google

Posted by samzenpus on from the moving-to-better-quarters-on-campus dept.

chicksdaddy writes "Noted hacker and innovator Peiter 'Mudge' Zatko, a project manager for cyber security research at DARPA for the past three years- will be setting up shop in the Googleplex, according to a post on his Twitter feed on Friday. Zatko, who earned fame as a founding member of the early 1990s Boston-area hacker confab The L0pht and later as a division scientist at government contractor BBN Technologies, announced his departure from DARPA following a three-year stint as a Program Manager in DARPA's Information Innovation Office on Friday. 'Given what we all pulled off within the USG, let's see if it can be done even better from outside. Goodbye DARPA, hello Google!' he Tweeted."

3 of 30 comments (clear)

  1. eh? by fazey · · Score: 5, Informative

    "The L0pht"? Wasn't it L0pht heavy industries?

  2. Google Genode? by ka9dgx · · Score: 3, Informative

    Maybe he'll have Google join of the Genode project, and finally fix computer security for all of us.

  3. Re:Was he looking to leave before the sequestor? by SirGarlon · · Score: 4, Informative

    No, it's totally normal for a PM to leave after three years. DARPA program managers usually only stay on the job for 2-4 years. The organization likes a high turnover to keep fresh ideas coming in.

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