This Hacker Makes $160K a Day — After He Got Out of Federal Prison🎙Darknet Diaries Ep. 60: dawgyg
Source: YouTube · Jack Rhysider · published Jan 26, 2023 · 43:05
Tommy DeVoss (dawgyg) went from black hat hacker serving federal prison to becoming one of only six hackers to earn over $1 million on HackerOne, proving the same skills that led to incarceration can generate life-changing income legally 0:14.
Key Takeaways:
• Tommy started hacking at age 12 in 1994, joined IRC crew TDK for channel takeovers, and later defaced major sites including Yahoo, Sony, and US government systems with World of Hell 5:00.
• He hacked a Korean military base to send a bomb threat to skip school, leading to FBI raids and eventually a 27-month federal sentence with a 10-year computer ban for defacing a bank website 10:00.
• After multiple probation violations and a judge's warning of life imprisonment, Tommy discovered bug bounties in 2016, earning $300 for his first Yahoo bug and eventually $160,000 in a single day 28:00.
• Despite earning over $900,000 in 2019 and buying cars for his family, his father still doesn't accept hacking as legitimate work, motivating Tommy to seek a traditional job 35:00.
Tommy's story illustrates that black hat skills translate directly to lucrative white hat careers, and his advice to aspiring hackers is that the money and freedom from legal hacking far outweigh illegal alternatives 40:00.
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JACK: [MUSIC] A quick warning right here at
the beginning; this episode does contain some swear words and some bad language. If that’s an issue for you, well, maybe
skip this one. Hey, it’s Jack, host of the show. One of the reasons I like making this show
is to smash the stereotype of what a hacker looks like and today’s guest definitely
does that. I don’t know, I’m trying to understand
– get a picture of your vibe, here. You almost look like Eminem a little. Not quite, but you know. TOMMY: Yeah, I get told that a lot. JACK: What would you characterize yourself? TOMMY: Well, I actually used to take a lot
of pride in the fact that I don’t look like the average hacker. I guess what most people would say I was,
was do you remember the term whigger? W-H-I-G-G-E-R? White guys that dressed like…