Hacker Hero Poem by Michael Shepherd

How would a healthy,
confident nation,

a nation that loves sport..
how would it react,

hearing that some young hacker
had penetrated 34 was it,
of its most secret websites?

It would say, thanks pal
for showing us our weaknesses..

and by the way, there’s a job
just waiting for you in the counter services..

of course, it would have helped
if he’d been American – he’d have hired PR,
positioned himself as hero; spun the story,
said, I did it for our great nation..

but if he’d been let’s say Russian
or Al Quaida… perhaps we’d never hear
from those red faces at the Pentagon..

So let’s praise the hero hacker
(who by the way, didn’t sell
the info on, to let’s guess who…)

and by the way, you can bet
they have their own guys, highly paid
to test defences by that self-same method..

doesn’t every sport hone its talents
by competition? Oh, c’mon on guys…