Human Hacked

Introduction

Sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.

—Arthur C. Clark

For hackers, it's all about the challenge. To us, every system is a puzzle waiting to be solved, a chance to prove our skills. With laptops as our tools, we're not just tech enthusiasts, we're digital assassins, thriving on the adrenaline of outsmarting the most complex codes and anyone with the arrogance to claim their networks and systems are secure.

Sometimes it's almost too easy. Everyone wants to be a hero, and nobody likes a scene. It's all mine for the taking; I just have to see who today's lucky victim is. It's a public place—people everywhere walking and carrying on without a care in the world. Stores entice shoppers with sales and gimmicks everywhere—to me it's like taking candy from a baby. I don't know them, and it's nothing personal; everyone is fair game. If you haven't figured it out by now, I am a hacker. Today there is something special I need, something very specific. In this case, it's a link in a much larger attack. I like keeping things random, that way I'm less likely to be discovered. I'm not even worried about being caught with the tools I use. I promise you won't see them. I have the payload set for Android; now it's time to destroy someone's life.

I see you standing there looking like a zombie, head in your phone. I wonder what may have you so enthralled that the rest of the world has ceased to exist. But in reality, who cares? I'll look for myself soon ...