The young man who created the first iphone worm gets a job at, yes you've guessed it....
http://www.sophos.com/blogs/gc/g/2009/11/2...phone-app-firm/
That sort of parallels the story of Frank Abagnale, a con artist who ended up working for the FBI:
"Catch Me if You Can" tells the true story of Frank Abagnale, Jr. (Leonardo DiCaprio), a successful con artist who at different times impersonated a doctor, a lawyer, and an airplane pilot, passing more than $6 million in bad checks over a range of 26 countries. He became the youngest man to ever make the FBI's most-wanted list for forgery. Hunted and caught in the film by fictional FBI Agent Carl Hanratty (Hanks), Abagnale later escaped. He eventually became a consultant for the FBI where he focused on white-collar crime.
That was a good movie and it would appear that it is not an isolated case.
There are many hackers that get jobs with the establishment, if they are really good hackers.
It is a sad state of affairs but it looks like you have to be a criminal to get anywhere these days and the few honest folk left are just taken advantage of.
You would think that the law applies to all people.