[jacquesm]

I am a bit ambivalent about all this. Krebs makes his living by picking fights with people and then writing about it so if you engage him you shouldn't be too surprised to find your name in print. That said he's a bit too eager about it all, there is a 'bring it on' attitude that makes me wonder if most or any of the things that Krebs has happen to him would happen if he didn't make such a circus out of it.

It's a bit like a big bruiser going downtown to the clubs and trying to pick fights with every drunk and then bragging later about how many he bagged.

And to post the name of the kid before he's convicted (assuming he will be convicted) is out of line and possibly even illegal (he's a minor after all).

[sbarre]

Isn't it more like a big bruiser going down to the shady part of town and trying to pick fights with the muggers and drug dealers?

Most of Krebs' targets are carding rings, crackers and other Internet fraudsters and criminals. These aren't clueless people being dumb, these are usually bad people (allegedly) doing intentionally bad things to innocent people..

Also, the kid's name was in the already-published DOX that he linked to in his article. It's not like he was responsible for "outing" this kid's details....

[bkmartin]

Or maybe because of Krebs' notoriety he gets lots of playback from these thugs trying to boost their street cred by pulling one over on him. Its a high risk/high reward game for the thugs, and their egos are blinding them into jail terms.

[danielweber]

Since Krebs doesn't live in Canada, what illegal act may he have committed?

[fixermark]

The kind that crosses an international boundary but doesn't involve millions of dollars or major political embarrassment for either nation and therefore will never be fairly adjudicated in this generation. ;)