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The teenager getting rich from hacking legally
Teenage hacker Sam Curry earns about 100,000 dollars a year by working 20 hours a week.
He's a 'white hat' hacker, which means companies pay him, and others like him, to hack their websites to find weaknesses in their security systems.
The 'ethical hacking' industry is worth billions and operates around the world.
Sam told Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Minute: "It's changed my life, it's such a rush."
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