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Taiwanese Police Give Cyber-security Quiz Winners Infected Devices (bbc.com)
Taiwan's national police agency said 54 of the flash drives it gave out at an event highlighting a government's cybercrime crackdown contained malware. From a report: The virus, which can steal personal data and has been linked to fraud, was added inadvertently, it said. The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) apologised for the error and blamed the mishap on a third-party contractor. It said 20 of the drives had been recovered. Around 250 flash drives were given out at the expo, which was hosted by Taiwan's Presidential Office from 11-15 December and aimed to highlight the government's determination to crack down on cybercrime.
It was the secret final challenge. To win it, people had to refuse the offered flash drives.
When someone says, "Any fool can see
The British were complaining "oh no! we're behind in CYBER! We need more CYBER talent!" and they proposed something like this. Hold some CYBERHACK challenge to recruit TALENTED CYBERS. Terribly sad and stupid.
The real purpose of these things (like DEFCON) is to draw all the lonely aspergs who do gay shit (like XSS "exploits") into revealing themselves en masse. Anybody who attends these CYBER events is a lonely dumbass who apparently can't detect a phishing attack in plain sight. Never hire these people.
This. Nobody who takes cyber security seriously trusts the government.
weren't so smart if they used the flash drives in a Windows OS.
No, if you refuse the infected device you receive immunity for the next round.
You see, in the game of cybersecurity nobody, technically speaking, "wins". The object of the game isn't to win, it's to play indefinitely while accumulating the fewest possible losses.
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