-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- >Interesting point - the motives of the criminal. The motives are part of >the key to this problem, the other part is effectiviness. The essence is - >for a criminal - is making crime pay, like Perry managed, and get away with >it, where Perry flunked.
The main problem with the rest of your post is that you're trying to equate the psychology of hacking with the psychology of crime when a far more appropriate analogy is the PSYCHOLOGY OF ESPIONAGE. A substantial overlap with the common criminal to be sure, but an entirely different kind of beast. I like to think so, anyway. Did you know that people prone to espionage overwhelmingly share an unusual combination of three personality disorders: narcissistic, antisocial and paranoid. Narcissistic, antisocial and paranoid? Imagine that! Sound like anybody you know in the security business, hmmm? heh. There's a huge body of literature out there on this you can find on your own, if it interests you, knock yourself out: you might be surprised at what you come up with. Here's a start--a lot of great information which also has the added benefit of being unintentionally funny as hell... http://www.dss.mil/nf/adr/. As far as I'm concerned, the only difference between sophisticated hackers and high-impact spies is a matter of the environment they find themselves in. Likewise, script kiddie carders correspond to dumb grunts caught selling secrets to make a fast buck. Etc. etc. draw your own parallels. Is it any coincidence that that Robert Hanssen was planning on taking a job in the computer security industry? I think not. Ratel. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: MailVault 2.2 from Laissez Faire City http://www.mailvault.com iQA/AwUAPi8AXOYNtyh3zif9EQIpnQCfZ61wTbxSoW2LSTYLrJuXy2RmdCAAoKU+ T7VqUwAVLKw6ySON1Apcya1y =h1DV -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
