No surprise here considering that 25% of hackers cooperate with law enforcement[1]. These people aren't hardened members of violent crime organisations like Gan

No surprise here considering that 25% of hackers cooperate with law enforcement[1]. These people aren't hardened members of violent crime organisations like Gangs or various mobs and are probably very easy to "break". On the other side hackers tend to trust each other way to much and share personal details inside their group which makes infiltration very easy. Sure you can be behind 7 proxies when you hack something but that doesn't matter as soon as you start talking to your hacker buddies about your personal life without using OTR or even bothering to sign into chat services with a proxy. As soon you start sharing details about how you're in love with a girl or that you feel depressed or you are about to order pizza at place X it's pretty much over for you. These hacker groups are like a clique a social circle of friends but most "hackers" don't think that their "friends" will rat them out in a second. Most of them probably have never been interrogated or even any contact with law enforcement and therefor very easy to intimidate. [1]http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/06/us-hackers-fbi-informer http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/06/us-hackers-...