An army of volunteer hackers to help protect American water systems, schools

Kevin Collier is a reporter covering cybersecurity, privacy and technology policy for NBC News.

LAS VEGAS — DEF CON, the world’s largest hacker conference, is trying to put its legions of experts to work by creating a volunteer army to help protect America’s vulnerable water systems and schools. The project is part of a larger attempt to harness the talent of the roughly 30,000 hackers who now make the annual pilgrimage to Las Vegas. It also aims to help the broader public access the cybersecurity research the hackers produce during the conference each year.

officials have repeatedly warned that they believe China has tried to position its hackers to be able to conduct cyberattacks against U.S. critical infrastructure if it believed conflict with the U.S. was imminent. A group of Iranian hackers broke into several U.S. facilities last year without causing significant damage. The Environmental Protection Agency found in a survey last year that around 70% of inspected water and wastewater facilities didn’t meet basic cybersecurity standards.

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