http://www.msnbc.com/news/275876.asp Perils of moonlighting as a hacker Microsoft employee was raided by FBI last week; are hackers working all over the software industry? Bob Sullivan Everybody does it; nobody wants to talk about it. Computer hackers "white hat" or "black hat" are among the brightest minds in the software industry, so many are hired by big-name software companies. Then they dance the awkward dance of dual identities, engineer by day, hacker by night. The consequences of a misstep in that dance can be severe, as a hacker calling himself VallaH learned last week. In his case, a visit from the FBI meant the end of his career at Microsoft, embarassment for the largest software company in the world, and a new focus on the role of hackers at work. [snip...] -o- Subscribe: mail majordomoat_private with "subscribe isn". Today's ISN Sponsor: OSAll [www.aviary-mag.com]
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