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If You Can Crack This Code, The British Government Would Like To Hire You

British intelligence services have created an online game that they hope will identify future spies with the skills to take down (or defend) computer networks though “ethical hacking.”

The stark, unbranded website canyoucrackit.co.uk, was first unveiled a couple weeks ago on computer and hacking forums and offered up as a challenge for those who think they can decipher the code posted there. Anyone who figures out the code and enters the hidden “keyword” into the website’s form is taken to the recruitment website for the U.K.’s Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) which handles signals and information intelligence for the British government. If you’ve made that if far, congratulations! You’ve already passed your first interview and are on the way to becoming a nerdy James Bond.

» via The Atlantic

Nothing like some good hexcodes to spice up your day.

This is kind of cool.