Calce states that his primary goal was not to hack so he could steal millions of dollars, but believes that his actions had an overall impact in strengthening the poorly developed security laws that were present at the time, since a hacker with a more malevolent intention would have wasted absolutely no amount of time in transferring an abundant number of funds. Mafiaboy managed to get his first computer at the age of 6 and at the age of 9, he managed to hack through the AOL system, which allowed to stay on the service past the 30 day trial period. However, none of this trumps his most famous attack; where in 2000, he managed to first takeover a handful of university networks, and then harnessing their combined computing power to attack outside websites. He explains that the reason why he did this was to intimidate other hacking groups, who at that time used to do what they do in order to gain huge levels of notoriety whereas today, Mafiaboy states that all hackers want to do is use their skill in order to gain a quick buck. Eventually, the law caught up to him, despite what his intentions were. Today, Calce is white hacker and is giving his services to companies who want to make the security system much better by integrating better features in them. Mafiaboy states that the internet is a much dreadful place today than what it was back in 2000 because people are actually relying on online systems to keep a check and balance on their daily activities. Regardless, his actions were able to fortify several security measures, but it looks like a lot of security fortification is going to be required for security to get much better.
