From Chapter 5, The Thief No One Saw
This is my story. My name is Dex. I'm a 22-year-old
systems administrator. I live in an upper-class apartment
in New York's CBD. My apartment is lined with computers,
coffee cups, and cables. I work eight hours a day for a
small online e-commerce site, mostly managing servers and
security.
In my free time, I run my own contract development
company, writing mostly C/C++. I also moonlight as a "Rent
a Thief" for a black market media "distribution" company
based out of Taiwan. On demand, I hack into companies and
steal whatever is required. Usually, it's a new, highly
anticipated game or a large, expensive CAD (computer-aided
design) software package. Once, I was even asked to steal
software used to design a nuclear power plant. I don't ask
questions. This thievery doesn't stop at software, though.
There is big money in commercial plans, financial data, and
customer contact lists, as well.
I do this because I enjoy the rush and the feeling of
outsmarting someone else. I never tell anyone else about a
hack, and to date, only a few companies I've hit even
suspected that they had been hacked. I am not a part of the
typical hacker community, and I always work alone....
Collaborators : Tim Mullen (Thor), FX, Dan "Effugas"
Kaminsky, Joe Grand, Ken Pfeil, Ido Dubrawsky, Mark
Burnett, Paul Craig
Contents
- Hide and Sneak
- The Worm Turns
- Just Another Day at the Office
- h3X's Adventures in Networkland-FX
- The Thief No One Saw
- Flying the Friendly Skies
- dis-card
- Social (In)Security
- BabelNet
- The Art of Tracking
- Appendix: The Laws of Security