Chris Francescani on How Prosecutors Screw With Hackers

At the
Hackers On Planet Earth (Hope X 2014) conference in New York City
last weekend, hundreds of hackers got a crash course in computer
crime in a session that drew as many laughs as gasps.

Philadelphia-based information security specialist Alex Muentz
said that the three-word phrase he most frequently urges hackers to
avoid is “Fuck shit up.”

“I’ve read this line in more indictments and sentencing
briefings,” Muentz told a Hope X panel. “I think I see it at least
20 times a day.”

Chris Francescani spoke with Muentz about how and why
prosecutors go after hackers, even when those hackers think they’re
helping companies uncover security vulnerabilities.

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