The stakes are much higher now with new security methods like Zero Trust around. On vital systems, logs aren't stored directly on the same infrastructure as hos

The stakes are much higher now with new security methods like Zero Trust around. On vital systems, logs aren't stored directly on the same infrastructure as host infra... That means more footprints that can snitch on a hacker, and the penalties are much higher for hacking offenses because so much more is riding on key systems now... Mitnick got a job instead of jail... That won't really happen now because there are simply too many wildly different frameworks. It also explains why most breaches are state sponsored, well funded, wide scale, and from overseas... ;\ People are hacking social media a lot for growth and money, but the best secrets are very illusive and flooded out by lies, novice content, boilerplate advice, and outright scams... The actual hackers quietly scrape pennies off of the net in micro-transactions until they start racking up as thousands of dollars, most of the time though it's heavily coordinated group activity rather than the lone kid in his parent's house like it used to be... The hacker kid now is too busy shilling crypto scams, playing video games, revving stonks, or working on yet another GPT tool that no one really needs IMO. :P