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Famed hacker Mudge leaves Google to help Obama

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Famous security researcher and hacker Peiter Zatko, a.k.a., Mudge has created quite a stir on Twitter by announcing his departure from Google to set up a software transparency body to help the Obama administration.

“Goodbye Google ATAP, it was a blast. The White House asked if I would kindly create a #CyberUL, so here goes!,” @dotMudge said in one of his tweets posted on June 29.

Immediately after his first tweet, he was bombarded with congratulatory messages, including the ones assuming that the former “L0pht” member was going to join the White House for his new gig.

Mudge was quick to clarify in his next tweet that he wasn’t going to join the White House.

“The new gig is not in the Whitehouse. Thanks for the encouragement. It’s all very exciting! I’ll be out of pocket as I move back east,” he tweeted.

While there has been no official word detailing Zatko’s new role at the White House, sources revealed that he might be planning to set up a government-funded non-profit organization devoted to software security.

It is not the first time that Zatko will be working with the United States government. He has helped the research arm of the U.S. Department of Defense, DARPA, to fend off cyber attacks during his stint as a program manager there in 2010. He also created Cyber Fast Track Program that lets private security researchers and hackers get funded by the government to improve the security of military systems.

Source: @dotmudge (Twitter)

 

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