In the Wrong Business

Or at least, on the wrong side. From this Washington Post feature on computer crime (oops, that's so 80s, I meant "bot farming"):

He says his work earns him an average of $6,800 per month, although he's made as much as $10,000. Not bad money for a high school dropout.

It's a little hyped, but the feature is a good morning read.

One of the interesting facets of the hero of the story is that he's American, and more specifically, not Estonian or Russian or Chinese or Brazillian. Given all the press and crimeware work around phishing, I was beginning to think USian kids had all given up on nefarious hobbies and are now only interested in modding games and pirating hentai. Glad to see we're still in the online hooliganism game. :)