A Hacker's 170 Million Dollar K-Hole

About this episode

Hamilton Morris interviews ex-hacker Stephen Watt about his experiences with ketamine and cybercrime.

In this episode I spend three hours talking with the ex-hacker, anti-snitching activist, and NMDA-antagonist aficionado Stephen Watt about his experience writing computer code while high on ketamine that was used to steal millions of dollars from the cinnamon apple purveying buffet chain Boston Market, as well as T.J. Maxx and Dave & Buster's. Watt analyzes the benefits and dangers of ketamine, what dangers it might pose for users like Elon Musk, and the fringe possibility that ketamine m...

People in this episode

Host: Hamilton Morris

Guest: Stephen Watt

Topics covered

• hacking
• ketamine
• drug effects
• cybercrime
• activism

Keywords

• ketamine
• hacking
• cybercrime
• Stephen Watt
• Elon Musk

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Boston Market, T.J. Maxx, Dave & Buster's

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