'Mayhem' takes first in DARPA's all-computer hacking challenge

Computerworld:  In the first head-to-head hacking competition of autonomous computers, a system developed by a team of Pittsburgh-based researchers is the presumptive winner.

Mayhem, a high-performance computer running an autonomous system, beat six other competing machines in the finals of DARPA’s Cyber Grand Challenge in Las Vegas on Thursday.

Mayhem was developed by the ForAllSecure team from Pittsburgh.

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