It's the kids
Security vendor presentations - hooded figures hunched over a laptop. Talk of nefarious technically superior worldwide gangs, nation states and the potential scourge of unstoppable AI.
Meanwhile a 17yr old from Walsall in the West Midlands for the lolz with a convincing phone manner.
UK cops arrest teen suspect in MGM Resorts cyberattack probe
17-year-old cuffed as FBI says it will ‘relentlessly pursue’ miscreants around the globe
Jessica Lyons
(Scattered Spider hit the MGM in Vegas with a cleanup exceeding $100m - consensus is they impersonated an employee on a phonecall to the helpdesk to get access to systems)
Reality is never as sexy as the slide decks. Risks still as high though.