Crack an Online Puzzle and You Could Become a Real-Life James
Bond  Britain's intelligence service, GCHQ, is recruiting. But
it wants its newest spies to be tech-savvy, so it's inviting
home-grown hackers to crack a puzzle on its new website in order
to apply for a job.  The UK's Government Communications
Headquarters (GCHQ) works closely with MI5 and MI6, and usually
recruits its spies straight outta college. But to keep up with
the times, it's looking to take on self-taught hackers as well.
They claim to be after online specialists with a keen interest
in "ethical hacking".  So what't first step? Head to their
(oddly unbranded) website and try and crack the problem. Then,
you'll be able to apply for a job that will turn you into some
sort of cross between James Bond and Julian Assange. Maybe.
According to The Guardian, GCHQ says that anyone who is found to
have illegally hacked the code will not be eligible for
recruitment. Which is slightly ironic. But still, you've been
warned. [The Guardian, Can You Cra