Market Cheats Move From Trading Sex to Hacking to Gain Edge

Insider traders have long shelled out millions in bribes, manipulated friendships and even traded sex for market tips. Now, they’ve found a new way to get the data they need: employing computer hackers.

“With the ubiquity of hackers now, you can find people online who’ll do what you want for a pizza,” said Slade Griffin, founder of Knoxville, Tennessee-based Cyphoss Security LLC. “You combine the financial brilliance of someone that’s criminally minded with the ease of access to hackers and hacking tools, why wouldn’t you do it?”