WHEN YOU INVITE ELITE HACKERS TO DO THEIR WORST, IT GOES REALLY, REALLY BADLY

Kevin Roose of Fusion is a brave man. He invited hackers to demonstrate just how bad they could make things for him.

Roose apparently forgot the story of Jeremy Clarkson, the former Top Gear host who boldly printed his bank account details in a UK paper, claiming: “All you’ll be able to do with them is put money into my account. Not take it out.”

Soon enough, Clarkson was shown to eat his words – he noticed that a direct debit had been set-up to various charities, a clever way for a somewhat gentle hacker to prove how wrong the poor loveable buffoon can be.

Roose invited two hacker teams to go to work on him, and he’d later meet with them in person at DefCon, held at Las Vegas each year, a gathering of white and black-hat hackers.

Just so you know, Roose gave himself an A- rating for his security set-up, with a range of safeguards including two-factor authentication, strong passwords, and more, all up and running. For the full article click here 

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