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New Zealand whiz-kid hacker gets a straight job
Wellington: A New Zealand teenage whiz-kid who admitted developing software that infected a million computers around the world has been hired by telecommunications company TelstraClear to advise companies how to avoid hackers. Owen Walker, 19, who was tracked down by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation, is advising on "botnets" - networks of computers infected by malicious software - TelstraClear
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