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A supercomputer is taking on humans in a hacking contest at DEF CON

A fully automated supercomputer is trying to compete with humans in a major hacking contest. The supercomputer, known as Mayhem, is among the teams taking part in this years Capture the Flag contest at the DEF CON security conference in Las Vegas. The game involves detecting vulnerabilities in software and patching them, and humans have been playing it at DEF CON for years. Mayhem has struggled to detect some vulnerabilities that the human teams already found, but so far the machine is hanging in there.”]

Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3105284/a-supercomputer-is-taking-on-humans-in-a-hacking-contest-at-def-con.html

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