A plan for hackers to help secure America's critical infrastructure has kicked off with six US water companies signing up to let coders kick the tires of their computer systems and fix any vulnerabilities. Launched at this year's DEF CON, the Franklin project is a scheme to shore up key systems by using the skills of top hackers. As the conference's founder, Jeff Moss, explained to The Register at the time, it's an attempt not only to strengthen US resilience to online attacks, but also to chron...