From what I understood, he and a bunch of his friends hung out in chat rooms, and he was being hired to attack companies.

Right now, it's like there's a lot of duct tape holding it together. It works just well enough for people to not need to change it. ... But that may not be true for long.

Those are the scary ones.

We saw the extortion racket take off first, but now it is a mixture. You are seeing extortion; you are seeing competitive-advantage attacks; and you are seeing censoring attacks.

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

When people come to me upset and in need of advice the first thing I always suggest is to brew a nice cuppa tea. Not because this is easy advice to give, neither for lack of compassion nor understanding, but simply because I've not encountered a circumstance where tea was rendered futile. There's something concealed in the nature of tea that will consort you to a calm contemplation, a sense of purity and harmony, it lets you find your way through life's sordid deeds, and regain a sense of tranquillity, console enmity, and admire the beauty around you.
I love my close friends and family so dearly that the first thing I wish upon them in a time of desperation is a nice cup of tea. So to my dearest friends, you're always invited; you, me and a cup of tea?