Can you solve this code? Then this U.K. spy agency might want to hire you
No longer content with simply approaching the brightest from the universities of Oxford and Cambridge, Britain’s intelligence agency GCHQ has launched a code-cracking competition to attract new talent.
The electronic surveillance organization, the U.K. Government Communications Headquarters, is asking potential applicants to solve a code posted on a website.
It will direct potential candidates to the competition, hosted on an anonymous website, via sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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If your password is ‘password’ or ’123456′ your might want to stop reading this, and change it before your personal information is accessed by computer hackers.
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