Really interesting article, heres an excerpt:

"On a Wednesday evening, in an office suite appointed with Pentium IIs and little else, 10 teenagers were doing Andrew Robinson's bidding. Fortified by pizza and soda, they studied a computer system's weaknesses, looking for ways to break in and steal information. Robinson urged them on, like a modern-day Fagin goading his band of pickpockets."

http://www.blackcode.com/news/view.php?id=407