Volunteer DEF CON hackers dive into America's leaky water infrastructure

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Six sites targeted for security clean-up, just 49,994 to go

A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders kick the tires of their computer systems and fix any vulnerabilities.at this year's DEF CON, the Franklin project is a scheme to shore up key systems by using the skills of top hackers.

"DEF CON's superpower is that we're a bunch of hackers that want to help, figure out how things work, or love pointing out how things are broken and might be fixed. It turns out there are a lot of groups that want to hear that perspective, and would like advice and help," said Moss."This is our first initiative to turn a single weekend of people together into doing good things year round.

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