In this case, we are referring to hacking.
Lets have a look.
He and his partners hacked big business and military computers, including major banks, General Electric and IBM.
However, he joined the Navy instead at the age of 18 as an intelligence analyst.
At 20, he joined the CIA to track warlords in Africa and the Middle East.
Further, at the age of 24, he sold his first dotcom company for millions of dollars.
Today, he mentors troubled youth to tap their full potential and gives TED talks.
He is due for release in 2018.
That sentence is for crimes he committed in 2005 at the age of 17.
He gained access to information like the source code responsible for operating the International Space Station (ISS).
NASA was forced to shut down its computer systems, ultimately racking up a $41,000 cost.
He was sentenced at the age of 16.
In an anonymous PBS interview, he admits, I was just looking around, playing around.
What was fun for me was a challenge to see what I could pull off.
However, he served six months in Alabama prison after failing a drug test and thus violating his probation.
Boston Market, Barnes & Noble, Office Max and other companies were victims of a 2007 massive hack.
James was investigated by law enforcement for the crimes despite his denying any involvement.
On May 18, 2008, James was found dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.
Back then, Yahoo!
Today, hes a White hat hacker for large companies.
They nearly sparked an international incident between the USA and North Korea.
While the Pentagon knew they were being hacked, the hackers also probably knew that the Pentagon was aware.
However, they kept at it for a while.
They were not even arrested until two years later.
While Pryce paid a fine, the conspiracy charges were dropped.
source: www.techworm.net
