RE: Teen Hacker Packs Feminist Punch

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: "Huggins, Michael" <mhhuggins () firstcommand com>

Reality what a concept.

This is why Education, Parents and others should utilize the
www.doj.gov ethics and perhaps Winn Schwartu's Computer ethics books.  
The kid understands the concept of what good and bad are but, by
posting her virus on her site and associating it with gun sellers come
on...


v/r Michael

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From: InfoSec News [mailto:isn () c4i org] 
Sent: Thursday, April 25, 2002 3:10 AM
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Subject: [ISN] Teen Hacker Packs Feminist Punch 

http://www.techtv.com/news/security/story/0,24195,3382211,00.html

By Rick Lockridge, Tech Live New York bureau chief
April 24, 2002 

MECHLIN, Belgium -- She can kick your butt and wipe your hard drive
cleaner than a dog's dinner plate. So when the young kickboxer and
virus writer known as "Gigabyte" tells you she doesn't want her face
on TV, well, you play along. Tonight's "Tech Live" tells her story.

"I'll just shoot you from behind," I say, carrying my TV camera across
the large mat that covers the health club's gymnasium floor. It's
almost time for the 6 p.m. kickboxing class, and Gigabyte is the only
woman there.

Of course, she's used to that. In the male-dominated world of virus
writers, she stands out. And not only because of her gender. She is
also something of a virus-writing prodigy, having started programming
at age six.

"I figured out how to write a few lines of code on my uncle's
Commodore 64," says Gigabyte, who just recently celebrated her 18th
birthday. "Later, I wanted to learn more about programming, so I went
to the store and asked for books. The salespeople were surprised. It
was like: 'Why do you want a book? Why don't you just buy a game and
go play?' But games are not very interesting to me. I wanted to learn
how to write real executable programs."

So she did.

[...]



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