Pentagon wants to hack into video game consoles  Posted by Trent
Nouveau  The Pentagon is apparently interested in learning how
to hack into video game consoles.    Indeed, the US Navy
recently paid a whopping $177,237.50 to Obscure Technologies to
develop tools for the extraction of information from video game
systems.   The official description is as follows:  "[This is
an] R & D effort for the development and delivery of computer
forensic tools for analyzing network traffic and stored data
created during the use of video game systems."  Pentagon wants
to hack into video game consoles  According to official
documents cited by ZDNet, the Navy claims it wants to hack into
video game consoles to lift "sensitive information" exchanged
via messaging services.  However, the military insisted it would
only deploy the technology against consoles located overseas, as
US law doesn't allow it to be used on American civilians.  In
any case, Obscure Technologies has been tasked with designing a
prototype rig for capturi