Alex Winchester

Charity Begins with Other People's Money Alex Winchester

James thought he knew a thing or two about hacking, but it was the three or four things he didn't know that was about to get someone hurt. Some people try to recapture the wild abandonment of their youth through inappropriate lycra shorts and expensive bikes, whilst others indulge in dangerous affaires. Some, however, prefer to embrace their long forgotten childhood desires to be a nimble cat-burglar or high-tech bank robber. In a twist upon the advice given out by many mothers, it turns out that the devil finds work for idle hands, whether those hands are six, sixteen or forty six. In the rush for high-speed broadband internet and wireless connectivity the security door has been left open. And it is not always spotty teenagers with a Facebook account and an mp3 player surgically implanted to their ear that are the danger.