美国政府急需黑客人才 保卫国家安全

　　The National Security Agency has a challenge for hackers who think they're hot stuff: prove it by working on the "hardest problems on Earth."

　　那些觉得自己是香饽饽的黑客们，现在美国国家安全局有一个挑战性任务给你们了。想要证明自己的实力，就来攻克这些“地球上最难的难题”吧。

　　Computer hacker skills are in great demand in the US government to fight the cyber wars that pose a growing national security threat -- and they are in short supply.

　　为了打好这场对国家安全日益造成威胁的网络战争，美国政府急需大量电脑黑客技术人才，目前该类人才严重短缺。

　　For that very reason an alphabet soupof federal agencies -- DOD, DHS, NASA, NSA -- are descending on Las Vegas this week for Defcon, an annual hacker convention where the $150 entrance fee is cash only -- no registration, no credit cards, no names taken. Attendance is expected to top 10,000.

　　因此，多个美国联邦政府机构——国防部、国土安全部、美国宇航局、国家安全局将参加本周在拉斯维加斯举办的名为“防御态势”（Defcon）的年度黑客大会。入场费150美元，只收现金，不收信用卡、不需注册、不记名。预计将吸引一万人到场。

　　The National Security Agency is among the keen suitors. The spy agency plays both offense and defense in the cyber wars. It conducts electronic eavesdroppingon adversaries and protects US computer networks that hold super secret material -- a prize target for America's enemies.

　　美国国家安全局也在这群求贤若渴的机构之列。这家谍报机构在网络战争中扮演防御和进攻的双重角色，对对手进行电子窃听，保护装有绝密材料的美国计算机网络，这可是敌人一直虎视眈眈的目标。