It may also be underpaid and underappreciated hackers in a variety of countries who are contracted by criminal organizations. If I was a senior exec with Hell'

It may also be underpaid and underappreciated hackers in a variety of countries who are contracted by criminal organizations. If I was a senior exec with Hell's Angels, I would offer a few hundred dollars a day to Moscow cab drivers,e.g., who happen to have Ph.D.s in computer engineering, mathematics, or other equally interesting degrees - people who are more than qualified for this sort of work, but who cannot find work in their fields and have mouths to feed. In fact, I would probably establish a JV with an appropriate organization, have them recruit, manage, and build, take the product for my criminal uses, then allow the JV to market it to others, and split the profits from that use with my JV partner. Business is business, even when it's crime.