Question

Is there the need for the government to have hackers. Please share your thoughts.

Answer 1

As the technology is increasing and so is the reach of technology, it is going in the hands of not only those who wants to use this technology for the better but also in the hands of those who wants to use it for all the wrong purposes.

So how can one guarantee that the money stored in the banks are in safe hands, how can one guarantee that all the transactions been done is is safe, how can one guarantee that all the messages they are sending on the internet are not watched by the unwanted person.

So if there are these many issues, how can government know that. Here comes the use of hackers.
You can never know the durability of a material until you don't test it , same is with the computer technology, we will never know the weak or strong points of a system until we don't try break into the system.

In the globalized world there is always a threat of cyber security from the other countries, so to answer these threats we need professionals who have gone through the hardest problems to the cyber security, these professionals can also be called as Hackers.

As is said "a system is as tough as it's weakest  point" , to find these weak points a government needs the very talented team of Hackers.

These are my thoughts. Hope you like it :)