Speaking before an overflowing ballroom at the Black Hat security conference, representatives from U.S. government and FBI made assertions regarding government's active involvement in the fight against Internet threats, terrorism, and cyber crime. They also made it clear that they want hackers to join the effort.

"The reason why we come here is we hope to attract folks to government service. And if we can't get you in service, then we want partnerships on working on security issues… It's people like yourselves that understand the threat that need to come into the government and help us address this problem," said James Finch, assistant director of the FBI's cyber division.

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