Foiled: Hacker's Audacious Plan to Rule the Stolen-Data Black Market

by kwamenum86 on 1/6/2009, 2:47 AM with 15 comments
  • by brandnewlow on 1/6/2009, 3:27 PM

    The money quote, from the last page:

    "I couldn't figure it out; what is this guy doing? Why doesn't he just go get a job? Then it dawned on me, many years later: Max just likes to hack."

  • by peregrine on 1/6/2009, 5:37 AM

    Great Article. The guy had balls.

  • by ramchip on 1/6/2009, 5:46 AM

    Butler gave him a shopping list of equipment he'd need to get started, including a new laptop, military-grade crypto, and an antenna.

    Out of curiosity, what's a "military-grade crypto"?

  • by far33d on 1/6/2009, 3:01 PM

    This is one of those articles that makes me think that Wired might be worth a subscription.

  • by gcheong on 1/6/2009, 6:24 AM

    Linkedin shows a Charity Majors working as a sysadmin at Linden Labs.

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