Hacking for the U.S. Government

By Adrian Covert Published February 19, 2011, 12:00 am ET

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Backdoor installers, malware loaders and social media propaganda bots.These are all tools the U.S. Government contracts IT security firms to develop for them in order to fight enemies. Check out the full story over at [Ars Technica].

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