Glass
12th September 2013, 12:11 AM
UK Spy outfit is running a competition to get a job at GCHQ as a spy. To become a traitor to your people doesn't pay very well apparently. Only $40 - $60K in UK Pounds. So thats about $60 - $90K in US Fiats. meh, its probably not too bad for starters.
Ultimate brain-teaser: crack this code and become a cybersleuth
http://images.theage.com.au/2013/09/12/4741064/art-puzzle-620x349.jpg
Can you solve the puzzle contained in the image above?
British citizens able to crack the code could begin a new career as a cybersleuth, helping to combat international terrorism.
One of Britain's top intelligence agencies has launched a cryptic online treasure hunt to recruit the next generation of electronic spies.
The riddle, entitled "Can You Find It?", was posted online (https://canyoufindit.co.uk/)by the government's top-secret eavesdropping service, The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
The brain-teaser consists of a grid of 29 blocks of five letters, which candidates have to decipher to provide five answers.
Those answers then lead the applicant to an online "treasure hunt", which hopefuls have six weeks to crack.
Those smart enough to solve the riddle will be in line for a number of new jobs at the Cheltenham-based agency, which famously cracked Hitler's Enigma code during World War II.
A similar cryptic recruitment campaign was carried out last year (http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/solve-the-online-code-become-a-reallife-spy-20111201-1o9tg.html), and was cracked by just 170 people out of 3.2 million who visited the website.
"The complex codes have been created by a GCHQ team of top mathematicians," a spokeswoman for the agency said.
"They set a high bar for recruiting curious, tenacious and creative candidates who have the intellectual ability, though not necessarily the practical experience or qualifications, to join GCHQ and support the government's national cyber security agenda."
Full story @ the Age (http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/ultimate-brainteaser-crack-this-code-and-become-a-cybersleuth-20130912-2tm84.html)
Ultimate brain-teaser: crack this code and become a cybersleuth
http://images.theage.com.au/2013/09/12/4741064/art-puzzle-620x349.jpg
Can you solve the puzzle contained in the image above?
British citizens able to crack the code could begin a new career as a cybersleuth, helping to combat international terrorism.
One of Britain's top intelligence agencies has launched a cryptic online treasure hunt to recruit the next generation of electronic spies.
The riddle, entitled "Can You Find It?", was posted online (https://canyoufindit.co.uk/)by the government's top-secret eavesdropping service, The Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ).
The brain-teaser consists of a grid of 29 blocks of five letters, which candidates have to decipher to provide five answers.
Those answers then lead the applicant to an online "treasure hunt", which hopefuls have six weeks to crack.
Those smart enough to solve the riddle will be in line for a number of new jobs at the Cheltenham-based agency, which famously cracked Hitler's Enigma code during World War II.
A similar cryptic recruitment campaign was carried out last year (http://www.theage.com.au/it-pro/government-it/solve-the-online-code-become-a-reallife-spy-20111201-1o9tg.html), and was cracked by just 170 people out of 3.2 million who visited the website.
"The complex codes have been created by a GCHQ team of top mathematicians," a spokeswoman for the agency said.
"They set a high bar for recruiting curious, tenacious and creative candidates who have the intellectual ability, though not necessarily the practical experience or qualifications, to join GCHQ and support the government's national cyber security agenda."
Full story @ the Age (http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/ultimate-brainteaser-crack-this-code-and-become-a-cybersleuth-20130912-2tm84.html)