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[-] AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee 34 points 2 years ago

It always warms my heart when a single person is able to outsmart large multi-million/billion dollar tech companies like Nvidia and Rockstar. Really shows how piss poor these companies security can be.

I would definitely look to hire that kid with a high wage just to make sure he doesn't hacke me again, if I were one of the companies he hacked into. Companies should really think about trying to hire these hackers because then the threats against them might go down ever so slightly.

[-] chaorace@lemmy.sdf.org 29 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Counterpoint: he got caught. Whatever his offensive capabilities are, his security posture is evidently lacking. Recruiting a glass cannon like that might not work out if you're looking for help with security hardening.

[-] d3Xt3r@lemmy.world 21 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

Counter-counterpoint: he could work as a pentester, where his sole purpose is to just break into things.

Leave the policy making and actual hardening to someone else.

[-] rar@discuss.online 6 points 2 years ago

Then comes the issue of a rogue pentester selling his clients zerodays into black market for crypto. Don't know if the myth of being hired by government agencies is true.

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 2 years ago

I know nothing about anything but I definitely believe the government would do it. If anyone has the power to keep the hackers acting nice it's the government. Especially if they write your paychecks.

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