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US soldiers who work on hacking foreign adversaries and defending American computer systems are set to lose up to $12,000 a year in incentive pay, Bloomberg reports. The cuts are part of a broader overhaul that has drawn anger from service members, according to documents reviewed by the outlet and people familiar with the matter.
Why it mattersFor a specialist cyber workforce, pay is part of the argument over how the military recruits and retains people with technical skills. The reported change is a concrete one, even if the available account leaves the wider overhaul’s details unclear.
Discuss: Should the US military protect specialist cyber pay to retain technical talent, or treat it like any other incentive during a broader pay review?
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