Vietnam organises a competition for honour "good" computer hackers

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September 9, 2003

A university in Vietnam has organised a competition to honour "good"  
internet hackers and to market them for web security jobs against the
cyber-criminals, or "bad" hackers.

The competition, launched by BugSearch, a group of IT experts in Ho
Chi Minh City's National University, started on Friday and will last
until September 15, the Lao Dong newspaper said Monday.

The competitors will have to break into the server of a mock website
in the University's computer network.

"The goal of the competition is to raise the people's vigilance about
the web security. You always have to prepare yourself against the
cyber-attacks," the paper quoted an organiser as saying.

"It is also an occasion for companies to find out 'good' hackers to
work for them and protect their websites. They can not only discover
the site's shortcomings but also propose solutions to protect it," he
added.

In August, the university had to postpone a similar contest.

Too many hackers managed to get into the website, leading to a massive
traffic jam on the main university site which was presenting at the
time some exams' results.

Last month, tens of thousands of computers in Vietnam were attacked by
the Blaster virus that also hit hundreds of thousands of computers
around the world.



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