who cares, most of the human race cannot be trusted, the reason he won't crack is because he is being paid not to.

Loyalty is bought it is that simple. If someone has the talent for this you want them on a payroll, not looking to bring the system down.

Why dont we hire all the skiddies out there!

Instead of the ones with the REAL knowledge.

Damn idiots

He is 19, not 16. He was 16 when he started creating botnets... 3 years ago. Funny thing, time.

I don't see what the problem is. Hire a thief to catch a thief is one of the oldest sayings around. Bear in mind that akill has Apserger's, which may have affected his ability to interpret right and wrong (or at least the impact of his actions on other people). Giving him work in this domain may be all that he needs to keep him away from the dark side. Even the police have talked about giving him a job.

They're just trying to keep up with Telecom NZ, which long ago hired most of NZ's skript kiddie community, because they were the only people who will work for the company,

Er, nope. TCL hired him because they've realised that they are about as much use as a cat flap in an elephant house and are desperate to do ANYTHING to change the game. They haven't got a clue.

Next stop will be hiring witch doctors.