What happened to the world’s most famous hackers?

Black hat down, we have a black hat down.  No this isn't a scene from a movie but a real life situation where hackers have been hired by the companies they hacked to run errands, make coffee, oh and fix their security issues.

The funny thing about hacking, though, no matter its flavor, is that it’s an incredibly valuable skill to have. There is a reason that almost every lone wolf hacker eventually ends up in the employ of a large, multi-national company — and believe it or not, many hackers that break into NASA or the CIA are usually offered a full-time job to prevent other hackers from doing the same.

This is far from the norm, in fact most hackers get to do hard time, or are somehow let off the hook after a disgruntled employee burns down the building over a missing stapler.  Either way this s a good read and worth a few moments.

An interesting side story.  Back in the early years I often struggled to get the attention of companies *cough* ABIT */cough* and decided to take the initative and instead of asking for a review sample I would simply buy the product I wanted, do a review and see what happens. 

Long story short..  Review got posted, I sent a link to the marketing department and two days later got a reply,  "Thanks for the review". 

Aside from getting my name added to a list and the occasional email correspondance it did nothing.  So, that was the end of that.

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