It seems to me that if you are actually able to create an online forum of hackers and others that allows you to engage in profitable insider trading, that you might want to keep that on the “down low.” Because, you know, I hear that there are federal prosecutors and agencies out there that are devoted to ferreting out and punishing insider traders.
And yet, I read an interview yesterday with a person who claims to be the administrator of an online forum called “KickAss Forum” that is reportedly “a relatively new forum focused at hacking and coding, but also includes a section for insider trading information leaks and is exclusive to leaked information/data (majorly targeting corporates and executives).” According to the interview published on DeepDotWeb, the KickAss Insider Trading Forum is a team of seven people — including three hackers tasked with obtaining market-moving information. Others on the team reportedly include an economist, and investor, and two trading analysts.
