The Anatomy Of Hacking

THE ANATOMY OF HACKINGHEN JAKE DAVIS APPEARED IN A London court in August, it seemed as though Scotland Yard had dragged the 18-year-old hacker straight from central casting. It wasn't just Davis's pale, skinny appearance. Nor was it his continued residence in his mother's home or his smartest-kid-in-the-room arrogance. It was that Davis's crime was a classic nerd's revenge: a fake article on The Sun's website announcing the death of Rupert Murdoch. Davis fits our stereotype of a hacker, but the...