520, 8 months ago (edited 7 months ago) This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison; plenty of pentesting companies would hire him in a heartbeat. You're forgetting a vitally important part of being a pentester. Namely that they need to be trusted not to leak billions of dollars worth of trade secrets. This kid is a prodigy as a black hat, but he'd be an embarrassment as a pentester.
This kid deserves a 7-8 digits salary as a pentester, not prison; plenty of pentesting companies would hire him in a heartbeat.
You're forgetting a vitally important part of being a pentester.
Namely that they need to be trusted not to leak billions of dollars worth of trade secrets.
This kid is a prodigy as a black hat, but he'd be an embarrassment as a pentester.