Dublin teen “Jake” cracked into Call of Duty’s servers to set up a phishing scam. Microsoft figured out the con, realized he wasn’t part of the Anon marauders, and tried to set him on the straight and narrow: Hacker News reports MS is going to help Jake “develop his talent for legitimate purposes” Update: The photo previously accompanying this post was incorrectly attributed, is of another kid, and unrelated to the story. We’ve been informed by members of the family of the person in the story that photo of the initial person displayed in the photograph is not the person.”]
Source: https://gizmodo.com/microsoft-hires-14-year-old-after-he-hacks-call-of-duty-5810434