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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon's No. 1 supplier, Lockheed Martin Corp, on Monday cited dramatic growth in the number and sophistication of international cyber attacks on its networks and said it was contacting suppliers to help them shore up their security.Chandra McMahon, Lockheed vice president and chief information security officer, said about 20 percent of the threats directed at Lockheed networks were considered "advanced persistent threats," prolonged and targeted attacks by a nation state or other group trying to steal data or harm operations."The number of campaigns has increased dramatically over the last several years," McMahon
Software developers in Madison will gather at a local startup's offices on Saturday to participate in a "hackathon" run by Foursquare, the New York location-based social networking site. Snowshoe, a maker of mobile apps that markets an aluminum stamp designed to authenticate smartphone transactions, will host the Madison edition of the Foursquare Global Hackathon. An emerging company called hoos.in will co-host the event. At a hackathon, computer programmers, graphic designers, project managers and others collaborate intensively on software projects. Prizes will be awarded to winning projects.Foursquare allows users to post their location from
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