Since a large number of "hand-wringing concerned citizens" are convinced that all hackers are in it for the money, then it's good to have research that confirms to non-techies what techies have always known at a gut level.
It would be better if they were only after financial gain because every "moral crusade" waged throughout recorded history has left a trail of dead bodies.
It's obvious to us because as a group here we were (or still are) these kids. To the average LEO and politard this is very non obvious because (particularly in the politard's case) they can't fathom operating based solely on idealism and not greed.
Hey - kid who is bricking all the wildly insecure IoT devices that are part of the Mirai botnet that is taking major sites offline and costing the industry millions of dollars a month:
Seriously, how do these chuckleheads get funding for studying the obvious?
In other news, researchers are asking for funding to study whether water is wet or if the sun is hot.
Since a large number of "hand-wringing concerned citizens" are convinced that all hackers are in it for the money, then it's good to have research that confirms to non-techies what techies have always known at a gut level.
It would be better if they were only after financial gain because every "moral crusade" waged throughout recorded history has left a trail of dead bodies.
It's obvious to us because as a group here we were (or still are) these kids.
To the average LEO and politard this is very non obvious because (particularly in the politard's case) they can't fathom operating based solely on idealism and not greed.
politard: *any* career politician.
Hey - kid who is bricking all the wildly insecure IoT devices that are part of the Mirai botnet that is taking major sites offline and costing the industry millions of dollars a month:
Stop. Don't. Come back. [youtube.com]