An Unexpected Conversation with a Hacker

[geXXos]

I found this while i was....anyway, it's quite interesting, read it  here . http://codingpad.maryspad.com/2012/09/08/unexpected-conversation-with-a-hacker/

Before I proceed, I want to state that I don’t know Verite’s gender, I didn’t ask. So my references to “he” and “him” are purely an assumption on my part.  What I do know as facts is that Verite identifies himself as a hacker and reports that he is a teenager.


Yesterday afternoon (Kiwi time), a user with the twitter handle @V3R1T3 sent me a tweet and asked me to pass on a message to the MODX team because they had “blocked” him. Initially, I wasn’t sure that I wanted to engage in conversation with Verite given that he had publicly admitted to defacing the http://modx.com website and had posted a pastebin with some MODX users account information on the web. However, given these facts, the fact that I run MODX on several sites and have an account at modx.com, and my own innate curiosity, I decided to respond, ask a few questions, and see what I could find out. The resulting conversation was quite interesting and I asked Verite if I could post the chat verbatim on this blog for anyone who might be interested. We chatted for a while on twitter and then moved the conversation to Skype.


To give this conversation some context, I will post a bit of background on the events that led up to it.

[Kulverstukas]

Me: What would your response be to someone who referred to you as a script kiddie? I ask this because I know a lot of web developers consider people who plant scripts on servers to be “script kiddies” and “wannabe hackers”. What would your response be to this?

V3R1T3: I’d prove my knowledge. I hate when people call me that. I’m a hacker who tries his best to fight for his own goals.

Yeah, he has a huge self-esteem. Gonna hack shit up just to prove he's not a skiddie.

[Axon]

He sounds like a complete loser with no self esteem ?

[Snayler]

It's because of idiots like this that the "Hacker" word got a bad meaning. Really, what are these skids expecting? To be praised like gods? /rant

Yeah, he has a huge self-esteem. Gonna hack shit up just to prove he's not a skiddie.

Deface to prove you're not a skid... Yeah, seems legit!

[geXXos]

Me: Would you recommend that web developers try to engage hackers and learn from them?


V3R1T3: Depending on the hacker.  They need to make friends and find someone online they can trust.  But if they meet a hacker and become friends, just make sure of one thing
V3R1T3: NEVER
V3R1T3: TRUST
V3R1T3: THE
V3R1T3: DOWNLOADS


Me: Gotcha!


Me: Thanks for your time.


V3R1T3: No problem

I don't gonna judge him or his actions, but i lolled at this, don't know why

[Darkvision]

It's because of idiots like this that the "Hacker" word got a bad meaning. Really, what are these skids expecting? To be praised like gods? /rantDeface to prove you're not a skid... Yeah, seems legit!

hey man he has a whole 2 years of practice. dude is totally l337.