“The University of Advancing Technology (UAT) in Phoenix, Ariz.,
is marketing its new Network Security program as a way to get a
degree in hacking. The school is drawing the interest of geeks who
use Windows, Linux, and Macintosh, according to UAT’s IT manager
Raymond Todd Blackwood, and even a few who want to go to the dark
side of network security.“Hackerdegree.com’s Web page looks like a non-Windows desktop
with a few terminals open, inviting the curious to learn more about
fighting ‘cybercrime,’ ‘cybertheft,’ and even
‘cyberterrorism…'”