Peiter Zatko a respected hacker known as Mudge has been tapped to become a program manager at DARPA. He will be in charge of funding research designed to help give the U.S. government tools needed to protect against cyberattacks. Read the full article.. Peiter will also be working with the National Institute of Defense and Cybersecurity for the next five years to develop cyber-security systems that can be used to combat cyber-attacks.
Source: https://threatpost.com/mudge-work-uncle-sam-darpa-021010/73523/