American federal investigators are having a hard time hiring computer-savvy staff, according to a memo from the Inspector General for the US Department of Justice.
"Even as it works to expand the ranks of its cybersecurity team, the department continues to face challenges recruiting and retaining highly qualified candidates to do this work," the memo [PDF] states.
Last year the FBI got the authorization and budget to hire 134 computer scientists for online investigations. We're told the agency could only find 82 people interested in working for Uncle Sam. As a result, five of the FBI's regional 56 Cyber Task Force teams don't have a computer specialist on hand.
Why are they having so much trouble?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday November 19 2015, @09:25PM
A sad attempt at a new buzzword. End of story. Just like every controversy is called something-gate.
(Score: 2) by Dunbal on Thursday November 19 2015, @09:38PM
It's kind of like an electronic Poirot [wikipedia.org]...
(Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday November 19 2015, @11:13PM
or like a paedophilic Scooby Doo (Rooby Rooby Roo!)
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Yeah, the spelling is probably wrong... anyone from NAMBLA that can correct me?
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