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Hacker, FBI informant, identity thief led many lives
Hacker, FBI informant, identity thief led many lives

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/news/s_537532.html

By Richard Gazarik
TRIBUNE-REVIEW
November 12, 2007

At 35, Max Ray Butler has led three lives.

He began as the stereotypical 1990s computer wiz kid who parlayed his
skills into a big-time business detecting the weak spots in
corporations' computer security armor.

Based in California's Silicon Valley, Butler was masterful at discerning
vulnerable areas where deft hackers could access a company's computer
system and steal personal financial information that could fetch
millions of dollars on the black market.

Temptation intervened, and Butler eventually became one of the criminals
he had worked to thwart, according to government investigators.

When he was caught, he moved on to his next life -- as a government
informant.

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