German Intelligence Service Releases Dog-Themed NFTs for Cyber Talent Hunt

The dog-themed nonfungible token (NFT) collection and an on-chain treasure hunt have been launched by the Bundesnachrichtendienst (BND), Germany's foreign intelligence agency, with the intention of attracting cyber talent. The "Dogs of BND'' collection, which includes 999 dog NFTs inspired by BND's guard and security dogs as well as "different intelligence roles," .

The NFTs can only be collected by finding a character string that points to an Ethereum address, as stated on the BND's website. To be eligible to mint an NFT, the cyber talent would need to use that information to locate the collection.When the BND talked to the German crypto outlet BTC-Echo, the agency said that it created the collection and challenge to try to find talent in cybersecurity.