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Article: `Hacker Boot Camp' teaches security tactics.
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- The Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, PA)
- Article date:
- April 25, 2007
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Byline: Miriam Hill
PHILADELPHIA _ Trevian Mathis taps his computer keyboard just a few times to hack into Juggy Bank's customer accounts. Within minutes, he has checking, savings and credit card numbers.
His maneuvers may look sneaky, but Mathis is on the side of justice.
He is learning to be an ethical hacker in a course offered by a Philadelphia company, Training Camp, which employs about 40 people and offers a variety of classes for computer professionals. Juggy Bank and its customers are fictional.
Training Camp calls its weeklong course "Hacker Boot Camp." Fueled by donuts, Oreos and fruit available in the break room, ...