Cyber Command logo code cracked

The mystery surrounding the inscription on the interior of the new U.S. Cyber Command’s logo has turned out to be something rather mundane. As commenter Cyber Geek pointed out shortly after Hillicon Valley’s original post, the code spells out the command’s mission statement using the outdated MD5 algorithm.

The full mission statement, from an official Defense Department blog:

USCYBERCOM plans, coordinates, integrates, synchronizes and conducts activities to: direct the operations and defense of specified Department of Defense information networks and; prepare to, and when directed, conduct full spectrum military cyberspace operations in order to enable actions in all domains, ensure US/Allied freedom of action in cyberspace and deny the same to our adversaries.

“As much as I wish the opposite, I’m no genius for figuring it out,” writes Petty Officer 2nd Class Elliott Fabrizio. “This isn’t exactly the Da Vinci Code. Nobody wake up Tom Hanks. As usual, the Internet does all the work for you.”

A Cyber Command official told Fabrizio the code is their mission statement, and said this code is simply part of the symbolism in the logo and not a secret, a contest or a trick.

“The computer code ties the command back to the early days of computer networking,” said Cyber Command’s Public Affairs Officer Lt. Cmdr. Steve Curry.

The newly-established command is tasked with safeguarding the country’s critical networks and coordinating all offensive cyber-attacks. A group of military leaders involved in standing up the command last week emphasized the necessity of the offensive component and the severity of the threat the nation faces from hostile states on the Web.

via thehill.com

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