The Department of Defence has tipped A$12 million (£6.1 million, US$9.1 million) into an information security facility to attract new blood by housing signals spooks alongside Australian National University academics.
The "unusual" pairing is hoped to attract skilled students into the information security field and the country's spy agency the Australian Signals Directorate.
It will house 70 students along with academics and signals staff to research high-performance computing, information security, and data analytics.
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Australia's Defence Department Invests AU$12M to Seat Spies with Students
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2016, @02:13AM
Making it a one stop shop for highly intelligent foreign moles to work their way into Aussie SIGINT?
Good to know :)
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2016, @06:05AM
This is great!
Let's attract more people by spying on them directly and spreading propaganda!
You know, because when someone is looking over your shoulder the first thing that comes to mind isn't, "Get lost creep!" it's "I want you to do that forever!"
Protip: As much as the general populace gets spied on, spooks spy on each other even more.
(Score: 2, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2016, @06:39AM
Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.
Become a spy today! Be your own best friend and worst enemy!
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 27 2016, @01:05PM
Become a spy today and a whistleblower tomorrow.