http://qz.com/123190/these-are-the-codes-you-need-to-crack-to-get-a-job-as-a-british-cyberspy/
By Leo Mirani
Quartz
September 11, 2013
A website, canyoufindit.co.uk, just went live. It contains 28 sets of five
letters and one set of three letters. There are five answers. If you get
them right, you may be on your way to joining GCHQ, Britain’s
signals-intelligence agency, in either the "cyber and technical
operations," "maths and cryptography" or "advanced technology research"
departments. The website was registered in March to TMP Worldwide, a
recruitment company that has in the past helped GCHQ search for women
engineers.
This is not the first time GCHQ has used puzzles to find skilled
programmers. In 2011, the agency set up a similar, now-defunct website,
titled "Can you crack it," which the Telegraph newspaper later reported
led to a “path to a job” for all who solved its puzzles. Cracking it
involved several steps that required programming skills to complete, at
the end of which lay a form to apply to GCHQ.
Such methods may be essential for GCHQ, which has a tough time attracting
and retaining staff. Ian Lobban, director of GCHQ since 2008, told the
intelligence and security committee of Parliament early in 2011 that his
agency can offer recruits a fantastic mission but can’t compete with the
salaries offered by the private sector. The agency has since put in place
more "flexible packages for internet specialists." By January this year
Lobban was hopeful:
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