# Hire the hackers!

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDGlobal 2011
- Speaker: Misha Glenny
- Year: 2011
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Teens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Despite multibillion-dollar investments in cybersecurity, one of its root problems has been largely ignored: who are the people who write malicious code? Underworld investigator Misha Glenny profiles several convicted coders from around the world and reaches a startling conclusion.

## Lectures

1. [Hire the hackers!](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/misha_glenny_hire_the_hackers/84774717bd9b), 19 min (TED's player)