[psysec] Partial Schizophrenic Hackers

[Tyler X. Shields]

All.

I just came across this blog posting by an infosec professional who
apparently works for Trend Micro. While Justin Foster has interesting ideas
and concepts I believe it's pretty clear that he didn't do an all
encompassing depth of research and he may not be of an appropriate level of
expertise to be delivering these assertions. However, I think it was a
thought provoking read regardless of my level of agreement. Is anyone aware
of any research done into psychiatric traits of admitted/convicted/etc
"hackers" (definitions loosely made here of course).

"Are hackers partially schizophrenic?" I think a significant portion of
hackers lie somewhere in the schizophrenic spectrum. Oddly this is good for
them, and bad news for us.
http://www.developingsecurity.com/weblog/2009/06/are-hackers-partially-schiz
ophrenic.html

Thought provoking link of the day.

Cheers

-Tyler