Federal Trade Commission July 25, 2014 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

The Federal Trade Commission (``FTC'') announces an open source prize competition that challenges the public to create and improve an innovative robocall honeypot. A honeypot is an information system that is designed to attract perpetrators of illegal actsin this case robocallersand gain knowledge about their tactics. The Contest will be held at DEF CON 22, a conference of information security specialists, in Las Vegas, Nevada, from August 7-10, 2014. The Contest will occur in 3 independent phases, with Winner(s) chosen from each phase. Phase 1, ``Creator,'' involves building a robocall honeypot. Phase 2, ``Attacker,'' requires Contestants to identify a honeypot's security vulnerabilities. Phase 3, ``Detective,'' involves analysis of data from an existing robocall honeypot.