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Say What?!: Pentagon Honors Teen Hacker for Exposing Department’s Online Flaws

WASHINGTON, D.C. – An 18-year-old recent high school graduate was one of two people singled out by the Pentagon for hacking into its website and Defense Secretary Ashton Carter said he was thankful — to the hackers.

Carter met with the teen, David Dworken, and another hacker, Craig Arendt, the two who identified the highest number of potential vulnerabilities in several Defense Department websites, including its main one, www.defense.gov.

(Photo courtesy of Department of Defense)