Blog Reveals a Chinese Military Hacker's Life Is One of Boredom and Bitterness 185
Nerval's Lobster writes "People's Liberation Army hackers: they're just like us. As noted by IT security firm Mandiant, and detailed in a new article by The Los Angeles Times, a blogger calling themselves 'Rocy Bird' had posted several hundred blog entries over a three-year period about life as a Chinese military hacker. It wasn't the most exciting existence. He worked a normal workday—8 A.M. until 5:30 P.M., unless some project required late hours—and lived in a dorm. He dined often on instant noodles and enjoyed the television series 'Prison Break.' He spent lots of time online, even when off the clock. And like millions of people all over the world, he disliked many aspects of his job. 'What I can't understand is why all the work units are located in the most remote areas of the city,' the hacker, who the Times identified as having the family name Wang, wrote in a portion of a blog posting reprinted by the paper. 'I really don't get what those old guys are thinking in the beginning. They should at least take us young people into consideration. How can passionate young people like us handle a prison-like environment like this?'"
Enjoyed Prison Break... (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Older (Score:1, Funny)
If only the newer butter actually did something on the first page, like baconize the site or order me a pizza.
/., are you looking for a web developer?
Re:Surely There's Something Interesting To Do (Score:5, Funny)
Did he ever explore the steam tunnels? Take up lockpicking and go exploring places he wasn't supposed to go? Go looking for parquor lines?
Start a global thermonuclear war?
Re:Surely There's Something Interesting To Do (Score:3, Funny)
Actually the incarceration rate in China is pretty much 100%.
Why not outsource to the US? (Score:2, Funny)
If they don't like their jobs, why not outsource it to someone in the US?
Re:Attitudinal similarities: screwed by managers (Score:3, Funny)
Easy my Italian friend!