520, 8 months ago (edited 7 months ago)

To be fair to those two:

• Mitnick did much what he did before hacking was even a crime, and almost all of it before offensive cybersecurity was even a viable career option.
• the damage caused by the entirety of ShadowCrew (4000 odd members) was a drop in the bucket compared to that caused by this single kid
• neither of them had compulsion issues that would cause them to attempt to hack even while under surveillance.