Desirable Undesirables
Publicly, Corporate America expresses nothing but scorn for the denizens of this wired-world counterculture. Yet the Ghetto Hackers and their ilk are coveted-if controversial-players in the battle against cybercrime. While most of the major security firms insist on a hacker-free work force, even flaunting their purity in sales pitches, a host of smaller shops are scrambling to enlist the assistance of Eller and his associates. They reason that hacker talent of their high caliber is too precious to ignore.