Meet the new hackers: Johnny Law

[JMH]

It seems hackers have attained a new image. Forget scruffy 20-something males carrying backpacks and desperately in need of personal grooming. Think buzz cuts, gray suits, and Brylcreem.

As feds and hackers eyed each other warily across the blackjack tables at last week's Black Hat conference, some were apparently busy attacking the Tor anonymity network.

Meet the new hackers: Johnny Law | Cringely - InfoWorld

 

[Temmu]

yup. anything they can sniff, they will.

as i've posted elsewhere, reminds me of the '70's when at&t was griping about the feds demanding more & more eves-dropping ports on their phone switches.