Comment on 'Gay furry hackers' disband after Project 2025 data theft
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 months agoLol. The gay furry Cybersecurity activist’s reputations are already established.
We like them.
I appreciate what they’re doing, and hope they keep a strong eye on where their ethical boundaries are, and keep our of anything too hot for their opsec to handle.
But Mike Howell needs to watch Ocean’s 11.
“I know all the guys you would send after me. They like me more than they like you!”
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 months ago
Absolutely.
I would prefer our gay furry hackers keep things fully legal, for their own sakes.
That said, Mike needs help from folks like me to catch these kids, and as long as they’re sticking to ethical hacking, I’m not motivated.
Also, I don’t like Mike.
His claim that he actually has my kind of help, actually on his side, is… overconfident, I think.
I can’t guarantee that, though, so I’m glad to hear our ethical hackers have decided to lay low.
In any case, everyone has a slightly different perspective on what counts as ethical, so I hope they’ll stick to legal as much as their conscience will allow, from here out.
prole@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Depends on what field you’re in. There are entire sectors of tech that seek out skilled hackers for things like pen testing.
skullgiver@popplesburger.hilciferous.nl 2 months ago
prole@beehaw.org 2 months ago
Again, it depends. Some of the most notorious hackers of all time literally had their prison sentences commuted so that they can work for the NSA (or US Gov’t in some capacity).
MajorHavoc@programming.dev 2 months ago
They have a good point though. Pen testing is a vanishingly small corner of our field, and I haven’t seen anyone with a past conviction get hired for those roles, in a long time.
I’ve seen too many hacker kids think their hacker reputation is going to get them out of trouble, and it didn’t.
prole@beehaw.org 2 months ago
I’ll defer to you on this as I’m by no means an expert. I suppose I thought there was more demand for young people who have that specific skillset than there actually is.