How much was this dude making?
With his skills and being based in the USA, he could be getting a six figure salary without the risk?
With his skills and being based in the USA, he could be getting a six figure salary without the risk?
[1] https://securelist.com/the-cost-of-launching-a-ddos-attack/7...
[2] https://www.missioncriticalmagazine.com/articles/93185-the-d...
And “risk” isn’t something that gets shown to you in an excel spreadsheet and then rolled on a die when you start a project. It’s something that you assess for yourself, from very little data, and with your own particular risk tolerance.
With all that in mind, choosing to work in an unauthorized industry is no different than working in any other industry: startups, fintech, enterprise, whatever.
You do it because you like what it represents, or who you work with, or the way it feels, etc; or because you don’t feel like you have other choices for whatever reason.
For a start, everyone inside is a criminal that failed, that got caught.
There are almost no tech guys locked up, it's 99% drugs, sex crimes, theft, murder, guns; so whatever crime you're planning, it'll have to be something regular.
I managed to use the contacts I made to become a drug dealer for a few months when I got out to make some quick cash, but that quickly died out. And anyone from inside that you would really want to hang out with (and there will not be many) will probably be someone who is really trying to go straight and not go deeper down the rabbit hole.
Just my 2 pennies. Reality isn't TV.