Max Butler's forums got infiltrated by a task force composed of FBI and Secret Service personnel, not the CIA. Black hats generally network on IRC. You sit on

Max Butler's forums got infiltrated by a task force composed of FBI and Secret Service personnel, not the CIA. Black hats generally network on IRC. You sit on some public IRC channel, build rapport [1][2], and eventually get invited to private channels. There are plenty of resources out there on how to harden your server and reduce attack surfaces. You just need to spend more time familiarizing yourself with the landscape and quantify your actual goals. 1. http://guerrillamerica.com/2013/12/source-recruitment/ http://guerrillamerica.com/2013/12/source-recruitment/ 2. http://guerrillamerica.com/2014/01/source-handling-part-one/ http://guerrillamerica.com/2014/01/source-handling-part-one/