Amateur cybersleuths have been hunting malware, raising firewalls and fending off mock hacking attacks in a series of simulations supported by Britain’s eavesdropping agency, according to an article from the Associated Press.
These simulations are part of a project called the Cyber Security Challenge, which is intended to help solve the skills gap and lack of workforce in the cybersecurity sector that, according to former security minister Pauline Neville-Jones, “threatens the economic future of this country,” AP reports.