In Part 1 of this two-part episode, we dive into the mind of the criminal hacker —what motivates them, how they get started, who they target, and whether they deserve a second chance. Former BBC journalist, Chris Quevetra, sits down with us to discuss an organization he investigated  that takes young criminal threat actors and turns them into contributing members of society —and turns them into valuable security assets for companies.

Read Chris's article on teen hackers here.

Key Takeaways:

00:06 - 00:52 Intro to the episode

01:15 - 01:48 How Chris landed on this story of The Criminal Hacker Journey

02:16 - 04:04 How teen boys end up as a criminal hacker, before having and education in cyber

09:31 - 10:35 The potential future of these teens if they hadn't been caught and ended up at Blue Screen IT

12:40 - 13:53 Lessons learned for the cybersecurity industry

14:23 - 15:17 Emotions that came up while writing this story

16:12 - 17:44 The ironic interaction between the arrester and the arrestee

19:12 - 21:04 Chris shares what he's learned during his cybersecurity journey

21:04 - 22:57 Mitch's story about what he's learned during his cybersecurity journey