Stupid idea...

Considering how often "mission statements" change (at least once every new president), will they update this hash code each time?

Will it be a way of being able to keep track of the old cyber boys in the club? I can see them all sitting around the officers club smoking cigars and comparing hash numbers...

Secret code for...

...we think we're kewl and l33t. Crack this one: pr3t3nt10us t0553r5

Logo Changes Every Week?

Since mission statements change frequenty (especially with new commanders), the logo will have to be updated constantly with a new MD5 Hash string. For those who have to sew badges to uniforms, this could get real tiresome/expensive/hard on uniforms.

But MD5 is broken...

They are still using MD5! I suspect there is another text which collides and that finding this is the real challenge

Superfluous hyphen?

Surely "full spectrum" is being used adjectivally, and therefore the hyphen is in fact required?

merely an MD5 hash...

... or is that what they *want* you to think...?

idiots

why didn't they hash something simple like, oh, I dunno, maybe "The United States of America" ? That gives a nice pretty hash of d9c586991facf81ae3350d1f2468d551, and isn't TOO likely to change when they change directors. I guess the simple answer was too simple for these guys...

So...

...they are actually WEARING a decoder ring (kind of). The cereal companies will be so proud...

A helpful note for any foreign spies.

Picture the scenario, a junior shit in the US cyber-military sat at a PC:

"I have to choose a password for this ultra-secure, triple bum cover system that's more than 30 characters with a mix of letters and numbers and contains no dictionary words? Where the hell am I supposed to find one of those I can remember when I need it?"

You just *know* they will.

US military cyber command

... this is just like some really poor techno thrillers I have read. I can't even remember who wrote the books but they were a joke. Surely the US Mil.... oh well I guess it will distract them from invading other countries for no particular reason for a while.......

can someone lend me a Beowulf cluster?

quick someone make up some text that makes them sound really dumb for using a insecure hashing algorithm then calculate the collision to match their mission statement hash... lolz

Try this in terminal

Try this:

$ echo -n "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." | md5sum

9ec4c12949a4f31474f299058ce2b22a -

mission change -> more embroidery work -> yay!

So the more often they change their logo (and want their caps, jackets, polo shirts, messenger bags, &c updated) the more money screenprinters and embroiderers get to make. Maybe this is part of the "jobs creation" scheme ... unless the bastards send those jobs to China*, Inc., too.

* Or whatever is cheap labor source of the month.

Remember...

"Be sure to drink your Ovaltine."

so...

The idea is to make a hash of their mission?