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by est31 2154 days ago
IIRC in the past, cyber criminals in similar situations were made to help federal cyber crime investigations, not sure whether through community service or a form of prison labor. The price tag for talented people is high so it's a win-win situation compared to wasting their talent by making them do low skilled labor.
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he socially engineered his way into twitter... that's not exactly what those units are looking for.
Didn't the FBI hire Frank Abagnale Jr for like 30 years specifically for those exact skills?
More for his check fraud stuff I thought.