In Part 1 of this two-part episode, we dive into the mind of the criminal hacker —what motivates them, how they get started, who they target, and whether they deserve a second chance. Former BBC journalist, Chris Quevetra, sits down with us to discuss an organization he investigated that takes young criminal threat actors and turns them into contributing members of society —and turns them into valuable security assets for companies.
Read Chris's article on teen hackers here.
Key Takeaways:
00:06 - 00:52 Intro to the episode
01:15 - 01:48 How Chris landed on this story of The Criminal Hacker Journey
02:16 - 04:04 How teen boys end up as a criminal hacker, before having and education in cyber
09:31 - 10:35 The potential future of these teens if they hadn't been caught and ended up at Blue Screen IT
12:40 - 13:53 Lessons learned for the cybersecurity industry
14:23 - 15:17 Emotions that came up while writing this story
16:12 - 17:44 The ironic interaction between the arrester and the arrestee
19:12 - 21:04 Chris shares what he's learned during his cybersecurity journey
21:04 - 22:57 Mitch's story about what he's learned during his cybersecurity journey