[pchelpers] Article:RAM raiders: inside secrets of the cyber hackers

>From The Times
August 26, 2008

Hackers have a reputation for sneaking around the internet stealing
money and identities, even threatening national security. But the White
Hats are hackers who spot security breaches and are a force for good

I have just found a new best friend and his name is Pyr0. I didn't
choose him because he is entertaining or fun to be with - although he is
both. Nope, it's just that, more than anything, you wouldn't want Pyr0
to be your enemy.

Got anthrax in your laboratory? Pyr0 could steal it. Millions of dollars
in a virtual bank account? He could spirit it away. A Lotus Esprit
guarded by invisible motion sensors? It's gone in less than 60 seconds.
Pyr0 is a hacker. In fact, he is just about the scariest hacker you
could possibly imagine, a man who can get into any computer, past any
security system and through any door just for fun.

With his sidekicks Ryan Jones, 33, and Chris Nickerson, 29, from Denver,
Colorado, Pyr0 - a.k.a 30-year-old Luke McOmie - has breached security
at banks, biolabs, hospitals, financial trading houses, law firms and
multimillion dollar companies from Beverly Hills to New York. If you are
a mover and shaker in the world of security, these guys are your worst
nightmare - or, perhaps, the answer to your prayers.

More here:
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article4606524.ece
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