CMS Passcode features 15 of America's most prominent cybersecurity and technological stars, all under the age of 15. "They aren’t trying to break the internet," the report states. "They’re trying to put it together more securely ... hunting software bugs, protecting school networks, and helping to safeguard electrical grids. They are entrepreneurs and community organizers bringing kids together to hack ethically." One hacker, Kristoffer Von Hassel, is eight. “There are smart, serious people thinking long and hard about these problems — and we don’t have the solutions we need,” said cybersecurity firm ESET's Stephen Cobb.  “I personally have to place a lot of hope and faith into the next generation. It’s the idealism of youth which may inspire alternative approaches to design and deployment of digital technology.”
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