Tech Reporter Brian Krebs Hacks It On His Own, One Scoop at a Time

By: Mark Stencel | Poynter

Few news stories in the past month landed on homepages and front pages with a louder thud than the theft of credit and debit card information from millions of Target customers.

The Target break-in was the latest scoop for Brian Krebs, an independent technology reporter who writes at KrebsOnSecurity.com. Brian, 41, has made the Internet’s seedy side his beat and his livelihood since The Washington Post cut him loose four years ago.