Hacker GhostShell Doxes Himself So He Could Get a Job In the Industry

Posted by msmash on Monday March 14, 2016 @07:21AM from the bad-guy-turns-good dept.

An anonymous reader writes: One of the most notorious hackers around has decided to dox himself after getting tired of hacking companies and failing to find a legitimate job in the infosec community. Razvan Eugen Gheorghe, 24, is one of the early LulzSec members and leader of Team GhostShell. He is now hoping to get arrested so that he could negotiate a plea deal and become a white hat hacker with a company or state agency somewhere. For the past 4 years, the hacker was literally 2km away from Romania's crime investigation unit, a 10-minute ride away.

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Easier Job Choice: Cybercrime? by Noble713 · 2016-03-14 09:49 · Score: 3, Interesting

What does it say about the state of the Eastern-European cybercrime industry if a hacker would rather transition to a White Hat instead of "lat moving" into full-on cybercrime? Is it not financially viable, even for a guy with his skill level? Is it too risky due to violence from competitors (cybercrime mafias are still *MAFIAS*)?

I think the opportunity costs of his options are more interesting than him doxing himself.