breaking into systems folks became increasingly less harmless and drifted away The criminal types were never part of the hacker community. Someone who sends sp

breaking into systems folks became increasingly less harmless and drifted away The criminal types were never part of the hacker community. Someone who sends spam or deploys ransomware is motivated by profit, not curiosity or playfulness. There are still plenty of breaking into systems people in the hacker community. They work in cryptanalysis, security research, penetration testing, etc. You can find them at their traditional conferences such as Defcon, Blackhat, and Chaos Communication Congress.