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Monday, August 05, 2002
http://news.com.com/2009-1001-947682.html?tag=fd_lede Ghetto Hackers - Hacking Their Image Rob Lemos, Staff Writer, CNET News.com SEATTLE--At a typical Wells Fargo branch here, employees and customers do business each day oblivious to a beehive of activity in the basement. There, five blue-walled rooms serve as makeshift classrooms for other tenants in the building who are light years from the world of banking: an organization of some of the most talented computer hackers in the country. As menacing as this juxtaposition might seem, the group insists that its work is harmless and, in fact, is dedicated to doing good. The founders of GhettoHackers, as the group is called, say its 30-odd members teach others how to crack security only to find flaws so that defenses can be hardened. "The Ghetto are good guys. So I guess the way to look at us is (as) the boot camp for the people growing up to protect the world," said "Caezar," a 28-year-old security consultant and founding member, whose appearance--which includes two spikes angling from his lip, as well as several body piercings--might otherwise evoke unease in the buttoned-down culture one floor up....
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