Jimmy Miller
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Next year service agent, which I'll just call a B. I'm not going to give his name, even though I know it. Uh, we'll say secret service agent B goes, what? No, of course he can see the warrant hands me the warrant, which shows the grocery store name. And I know, you know, okay, that's what this is about. I tell the whole story to the Secret Service agent about what happened, what I found.
Next year service agent, which I'll just call a B. I'm not going to give his name, even though I know it. Uh, we'll say secret service agent B goes, what? No, of course he can see the warrant hands me the warrant, which shows the grocery store name. And I know, you know, okay, that's what this is about. I tell the whole story to the Secret Service agent about what happened, what I found.
And I kid you not, he goes, um, well, I think someone overreacted here. But you're facing pending charges of 30 years in two states and at the federal level. Wow. I think my favorite moment from that though, one, so I had this, you know, computer that I, that I had gotten, I still was using it at the time and I like changed out all the parts in it.
And I kid you not, he goes, um, well, I think someone overreacted here. But you're facing pending charges of 30 years in two states and at the federal level. Wow. I think my favorite moment from that though, one, so I had this, you know, computer that I, that I had gotten, I still was using it at the time and I like changed out all the parts in it.
And I had this like backpack full of old hard drives. They like tore up my bed, like flipped over the whole room. Like it was absolutely insane. There were eight local police and two secret service agents and they don't take the backpack full of hard drives that was sitting right next to the computer, which is just like top notch police work. Yeah. Yeah.
And I had this like backpack full of old hard drives. They like tore up my bed, like flipped over the whole room. Like it was absolutely insane. There were eight local police and two secret service agents and they don't take the backpack full of hard drives that was sitting right next to the computer, which is just like top notch police work. Yeah. Yeah.
And then the second was we had gotten an iMac at that point, and I watched as two local police looked around, and they're like, where's the rest of it? And another guy had to be like, I think this is the whole thing. It's just all in one. It was great. So yeah, I didn't do any real hacking. I just found something unauthenticated. It was not complicated. I was not some massive hacker.
And then the second was we had gotten an iMac at that point, and I watched as two local police looked around, and they're like, where's the rest of it? And another guy had to be like, I think this is the whole thing. It's just all in one. It was great. So yeah, I didn't do any real hacking. I just found something unauthenticated. It was not complicated. I was not some massive hacker.
I ended up getting interrogated by the company for like eight hours.
I ended up getting interrogated by the company for like eight hours.
Yeah, no charges were ever filed. It was just a search warrant. It was pending charges based on what they found, which of course there was nothing. I didn't do anything. I just found a security vulnerability. But my mom made me tell the company because she was worried I wouldn't have a job or whatever. And I knew they didn't know I worked for them, which was true.
Yeah, no charges were ever filed. It was just a search warrant. It was pending charges based on what they found, which of course there was nothing. I didn't do anything. I just found a security vulnerability. But my mom made me tell the company because she was worried I wouldn't have a job or whatever. And I knew they didn't know I worked for them, which was true.
They were a very disorganized company. But I ended up getting interrogated by some lady from corporate who, when I asked for a lawyer to sign documents, she stood up and screamed that I threatened her. And I got fired, not for anything I did there, but for threatening her.
They were a very disorganized company. But I ended up getting interrogated by some lady from corporate who, when I asked for a lawyer to sign documents, she stood up and screamed that I threatened her. And I got fired, not for anything I did there, but for threatening her.
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Yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I don't think she even knew the, you know, like technical details or whatever, but it was enough. They were intrigued that they let me get an interview. And luckily, uh, yeah, I got the interview, I think six weeks into my internship, I got hired on full time and yeah.
Yeah. Yeah. Uh, I don't think she even knew the, you know, like technical details or whatever, but it was enough. They were intrigued that they let me get an interview. And luckily, uh, yeah, I got the interview, I think six weeks into my internship, I got hired on full time and yeah.
I mean, I could fake modesty, but yeah, I was good. I mean, I wasn't good compared to now. I was awful. If you look back at all of that stuff, I was terrible. But for where I was at as a junior developer, basically like a recent grad, I knew my stuff. I was able to... When I joined...
I mean, I could fake modesty, but yeah, I was good. I mean, I wasn't good compared to now. I was awful. If you look back at all of that stuff, I was terrible. But for where I was at as a junior developer, basically like a recent grad, I knew my stuff. I was able to... When I joined...