Starfish

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Step Inside the offices of the blue screen and you'll find some of the drawn to the in the UK The Most talented young Hacker, from a world of crime to fight for The Other side.

the computer expert replaced did the borders in your bedroom for a pretty ordinary looking cyber-security company in Plymouth.

Bluescreen employs Hackers , The Authorities have deemed worthy of a Second Chance , the pit their wits against some of The Anonymous online criminal, you used to see, such as brothers in Arms .

Jack stole personal information of thousands of People When Jack was 19 years old, The Police sent five squad cars, a tech team and a riot van to his house.

"It is about 08:10 o'clock in The Morning . I had The Most terrible night and I just had to watch just started The Lion king.

"she has yet to open, not even the intro in front of my bedroom door flew open and 10 police officers came to Arrest Me .

"I didn't expect that every day of My Life . "

The Police , there was a reason for it: when he was 16, had to Jack stolen personal information of more than 1,000 People .

He told The Police he'd never had the intention of using it for his own advantage, for him, it was just an intellectual exercise.

stories like this are not uncommon at Bluescreen IT, the need to be in direct connection with The Police -Hackers in the direction of.

These are Young Men who are accused of serious crimes, but instead by the Criminal Justice system, she is given a Second Chance .

About 15 People working in the Security Operations Center, a handful of which have been referred to, in order to reform The Company as a Hacker, not malicious in nature, and as able.

Cameron launched cyber-attacks, and was caught by The National Crime Agency, Another employee, Cameron, was arrested on the way to school, when he was just 14 years old.

officers had planned by The National Crime Agency, the engraving, so that Cameron would be out of the house, and not to destroy the hard drives in The Event , he heard them coming.

"Up to this point, my biggest concern was that I have not done it yet, my math homework," he said.

"I was walking to school when I Heard someone called my name. I turned around and there was A Man in a suit, walking behind me.

"Then I Heard him say my name, louder and louder, so I turned around and said 'Yes?', and he told me I was under arrest.

"I turned around, and there are five officers were spread across the grass.

"I didn't know what I had done was serious. It was all just a big Joke - playing around - it never seemed like I was, in fact, real damage is caused. I soon found out how serious it was. "

"Grey hat Hacker", as Jack and Cameron are seen as having committed their crimes, for reasons to do with personal gain or cyber terrorism. Sometimes it might be a Joke , or maybe the motive was to launch a server-crippling attack.

Now you can stop trying to, others with the methods they employed once - from wreaking the same havoc.

Hackers ' hats a white hat Hacker - these are the Nice Guys of the Hacker world. You know what you are doing, and use your talents for good, how to test the security systems of companies and governments to get rid of viruses or lawful.

Black-has rogue Hacker. They are The Ones who steal your Bank data and sold on The Dark web. They usually hack for personal gain, although it is a form of cyber-espionage or protest could.

Grey has In Between hack Somewhere . You could point out to hack a company without permission, just to point out the errors, without you to exploit. What they do is still illegal.

The way to A Life of hacking is not always the same, but many of the stories are similar, and they often begin with play.

to Tinker with When he was younger, Cameron liked, with things to see how they worked.

"I don't know how my high Scores are beaten in Video Games - I always had to be The Best for you. "

He began to mods, to video-games - Changes to The Code that made it possible for him to get higher, which, he said, led him to online forums, And Then the darker areas of The Internet .

"I ended up launches cyber-attacks, and was later said to be caught by The National Crime Agency," Cameron,.

you might also be interested in: The Team of The Bluescreen has some great personalities and People from very different backgrounds For Jack, now 23, it was his "laziness" that led him into The World of computing.

"I was 12. We'd just started algebra, but I did not want to do it.

"I went home and tried the calculator for algebra. It didn't really go well, but this is my earliest memory of this side of things.

"I've tried to cut corners as I could. Instead of studying, I would try and make it look like I was studying and doing the same.

"I would fail in all my classes, but pull it out of the bag at The Last minute. After a while, The School had had enough of me.

", I referred to my five GCSEs in year 10, And Then school me. "

Just four years after his arrest, Jack working at an advanced level is now, to break the implementation of processes such as penetration Testing - try, in the client-Server to find weaknesses.

He and Cameron, now 19, also defending against incoming attacks - an area where your hacking experience comes in Handy .

Det Sgt John Atkin was the participation in the same course as Cameron, he arrested, in 2014, One of The Most surreal moments in Cameron ' s first year at the Bluescreen was on the same course as The Police officers who had arrested him in the year 2014.

Det Sgt John Atkin of The South West Regional Cyber Crime Unit was participating in a Bluescreen-safety course as part of their own professional development.

Cameron said: "It is Unbelievable - what are the chances of that?

"I would never have thought of, as he was going to Arrest Me , as a 14-year-old child, that we would One Day be on the same course.

"There is an element, to learn from each other now. Always, when something comes in forensics, he is The Man , explain to you The Best ; we are happy to have him there.

"And Then for the attacks I can explain it better.

" We are always together, but I don't think that John appreciated a lot of what I did. "

Det Sgt Atkin has "no problem" meeting the Hacker, he is arrested, because the whole point of The Police Cyber-Futures-try program and the People ".

"What can you see here, is that by working with Cameron and His Family , and offers the support and knowledge we have, we are able to deliver and put him in a place where his future is set, instead, where he could have been.

"Cameron is a good kid, so he's doing really well, The Future is bright for him. Hopefully, he will share with The World And Then The World is his oyster. "

The Security Operations Centre is where the analysts defend incoming attacks, There is a relaxed atmosphere when you walk in the Security Operations Centre, but it is a serious work.

Three monitors on The Wall detail, the blue screen will be attacked, the clients, and how serious The Threat is.

customers, mostly small and medium-sized companies from all over The South -West, are given codenames such as "Black Mamba " or "Green " Starfish " - in General, a color and an animal.

The Company has just encourage a contract for part of a £500,000 Grant from The Department for culture, media and Sport, more different candidates in the cyber-security of jobs, that is, can it grow but further and perhaps more former Hackers .

As trainees, employees, as Jack and Cameron on a salary of about £650 per month, but after five years of experience, you can earn easy money, close to £50,000 per year.

But for some, the reformed Hacker, the move can be in a professional environment, a big change: even out of bed On Time is sometimes a bit of a struggle for the Young Men , without supervision, on your own schedule and your own rules.

must Now be dedicated to do regular office hours as part of a team, to the protection of the interests of the customers of The Company .

adaptation to a nine-to-five job is not always easy for Bluescreen former Hacker, It is only a challenge for the new recruits: some of the Hackers who arrive Bluescreen autism, this is not something that the management have a lot of experience in dealing.

"It was a really hard trip for us and a massive learning curve," said the chief operating officer, Richard Cashmore.

"We had to adjust how we manage People - if you have to work to be in a certain room, we will go and do that.

"It's about give and Take - we can't bend over too Far For you, because we have to get you need employment, but we meet in The Middle . "

Bluescreen sees itself as a place to develop Young People , giving them a Second Chance , and a Paradise for those who go anywhere else.

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Source of news: bbc.com