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India Creates Whitehat Hacker Army: GlobalPost

On Dec. 5th, 2011, Jason Overdorf reported for GlobalPost on a new Indian initiative to defend their country against cyberattack.  According to the article, Indian authorities were worried after seeing the impact that Stuxnet had.  As such, Indian authorities designed a "national registry of hackers with the training to protect the country's critical electronic infrastructure" called the National Security Database.  Hackers have to pass a test and pay a $500 fee, but once they are in, they can aid authorities in solving cybercrimes and protecting critical infrastructure.  Not a bad idea. 

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