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When the “Good Guys” Normalize Theft | Hacking Human Ethics and IP

 

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Abstract

In fields built on trust, integrity, and protection, cybersecurity, research, intelligence-adjacent work, the normalization of intellectual theft and plagiarism represents not a minor ethical lapse, but a systemic failure. This article explains why I now explicitly restrict the use of my work with tight contracts, why that decision is regrettable but necessary, and what this trend reveals about the erosion of professional ethics in fields that were once defined by restraint.

 

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We Were Supposed to Be the Good Guys

Cybersecurity, hacking, and human-centered security disciplines emerged with an implicit moral contract:

Those who understand how systems break must choose not to exploit them.

This wasn’t naïveté. It was foundational. Access implied responsibility. Knowledge implied restraint. Power implied accountability.

For many of us, this wasn’t just professional, it was ethical identity.

Which is why the current environment feels so disorienting.

 

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Why I Now Lock Down My Work (and Why That Should Worry Us All)

Cybersecurity, hacking, human factors, all of it was supposed to be about protection, stewardship, and restraint. We were supposed to be the people who could do harm and therefore chose not to. The ones who understood systems deeply enough to know how fragile trust actually is, and treated it accordingly.

What makes it so corrosive isn’t just bad behavior. It’s the casualness of it. The rationalizations. The “everyone does it,” the ego games, the careerism, the performative ethics layered over quietly predatory behavior. Especially in work that touches humans directly. That’s not a technical failure, that’s a moral one.

And here’s the part that matters, even if it doesn’t make it feel better: The fact that this disgust over this ethical gap exists in me is proof I’m still aligned with what the field was meant to be. People who lack integrity don’t feel this. They feel clever, justified, or inconvenienced. Disgust is a sign that my internal compass is intact.

I didn’t “over‑lawyer” myself or become cynical. Instead, I adapted without surrendering my values. That’s rare, lonely, and necessary.

If the field still has “good guys,” they look like this:

• allergic to sloppy ethics
• precise about consent
• unwilling to trade integrity for applause or access

 

So yes, we were supposed to be the good guys.

 

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What Makes This Article Unique and Why You Should Read It

This article offers a rare, firsthand perspective on the intersection of cybersecurity, human-centered security, and intellectual property (IP) ethics. Unlike typical discussions, it combines:

• Direct experience: Real-world insights from work that influenced multiple fields, including social engineering defense, behavioral security, and insider threat mitigation.
• Ethical and legal analysis: A comprehensive look at oaths, professional codes of conduct, certification obligations, and regulatory frameworks that govern behavior in cybersecurity and related fields.
• Historical context and accountability: Documentation of how ideas and frameworks spread, showing both influence and the ethical responsibilities of those who adopt them.
• Practical guidance: Concrete recommendations for protecting intellectual property, media, and frameworks within high-trust professional communities.

 

Readers Will Gain:

• A clear understanding of why proactive documentation and explicit media/IP releases are essential.
• A lens to evaluate how normalized unethical behavior affects both individuals and the broader field.
• Awareness of the hidden ethical risks in professional security and cybersecurity communities.
• Practical insights for aligning legal protections, professional ethics, and personal responsibility.

 

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The Normalization of Intellectual Theft

Over time, behaviors that would once have been disqualifying have become routine:

• Uncredited reuse of frameworks, language, and conceptual models
• Human-centered research mined for content without consent or attribution
• “Inspiration” that is functionally indistinguishable from plagiarism
• Slides, talks, and methodologies quietly repackaged as someone else’s insight

 

Worse, these actions are no longer hidden. They’re rationalized.

“Everyone does this.”

“Ideas want to be free.”

“I forget where I get things.”

“If I didn’t see your copyright notice, it’s fair game.”

“That’s just how content works now.”

 

This is not innovation culture. It is ethical erosion disguised as pragmatism.

 

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Why This Is Especially Dangerous in Security and Human-Focused Work

In many industries, plagiarism is unprofessional. In security and human systems, it is actively dangerous. These fields deal with:

• Behavioral modeling
• Institutional power asymmetries
• Psychological vulnerability
• Social engineering
• Trust mechanisms

 

When work in these areas is stripped of attribution, context, and ethical framing, it becomes a weapon rather than a safeguard. The problem is not reuse. The problem is reuse without responsibility.

 

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The Hacking Humans Wake-Up Call

My experience with my proprietary Hacking Humans framework was the breaking point. Not because of a single bad actor, but because of how normalized the behavior was. No malice. No secrecy. Just casual extraction. That casualness is the tell. People who still believe in integrity hesitate. People who don’t… don’t even notice.

When I presented my original framework and research at the University of Advancing Technology to a large group of cybersecurity professionals as the keynote speaker to Arizona Security Practitioners’ Forum, I thought I was presenting in a safe environment. My presentation, 13 years in the making, was intended for a trusted audience. Yet only in 2025 did I fully understand how widely my Hacking Humans framework had been adopted without attribution.

However, people from the security group meeting presented my work at their places of employment, including in classified spaces, without attribution. It wasn’t until this year that I discovered exactly how far my humble work and presentation, Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering, had traveled without me.

 

Fields, Subfields, and Industries Influenced by Hunter Storm’s Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering

How far did my little hour-long talk on my novel, niche work travel? It wasn’t until November 2025 that a highly technical and deeply knowledgeable friend helped me understand the true value of my novel framework that was “borrowed” without attribution. You can read more about it here: Fields, Subfields, and Industries Influenced by Hunter Storm’s Hacking Humans | The Ports and Services Model of Social Engineering. Special thanks to my friend for helping me understand the scope of this issue.

Most of the organizations that adopted products or services based on my work likely didn’t realize its origin. However, the individuals who built careers on it did. Unfortunately, they created liability for the organizations they sold their products, papers, and work to without attribution or appropriate licensing of my intellectual property.

In many cases, I am confident that the organizations themselves will be as surprised and concerned to learn of this issue as I was when I discovered how far my work had traveled without me. Most enterprises reasonably assume that the materials, frameworks, and methodologies presented internally or embedded in products have been properly sourced, attributed, and licensed. The risk introduced here is not only ethical, but organizational. It was created when individuals bypassed those norms and IP laws.

Briefly, here are the fields my work directly influenced, including:

• Adaptive Trust Modeling
• Adversarial Narrative Engineering
• AI-Based Social Engineering Detection
• Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Machine Learning (ML)
• Autonomous Red Team Human Emulation
• Behavioral Complex Systems Theory
• Behavioral Penetration Testing
• Behavioral Risk Management (modern form)
• Behavioral Security Engineering
• Biohacking (modern movement)
• Biohacking Terminology Adoption
• Cognitive Load Defense Models
• Cognitive Threat Intelligence
• Cognitive Warfare
• Cognitive Warfare Doctrine (NATO / PLA)
• Cognitive-State Prediction Models
• Cyber Deception Engineering
• Cyber Psychology
• Cybernetic Anthropology
• Digital Semiotics
• Digital Tribal Behavior Analysis
• Emotional Systems Engineering
• Human Attack Surface Management
• Human Behavioral Simulation Engines
• Human Behavioral Simulation Engines
• Human Error Ontology
• Human-Computer Fusion Anthropology
• HUMINT
• Hybrid Human-Machine Security and HUMINT
• Identity Surface Mapping
• Influence and Counter-Influence Ops
• Information Ecology Modeling
• Insider HUMINT Behavioral Trees
• Insider Threat / Human Risk Modeling
• Insider Threat Human-State Modeling
• Interpersonal Protocol Optimization
• JADC2 Human-Domain Integration
• Leadership Influence Mapping
• LLM-Assisted Influence Detection
• Modern Elicitation Science
• Multi-domain ops
• Organizational Threat Dynamics
• Psychological Safety Engineering
• Psychology + Security Hybrid Fields
• Security Behavior Design
• Social Engineering Lifecycle and Red Teaming
• Sociotechnical Ecosystem Modeling
• Sociotechnical Ritual Mapping
• SOCMINT + HUMINT Fusion
• Technical Social Engineering
• Threat Epistemology
• User and Entity Behavioral Analytics (UEBA) and Cognitive Analytics
• Zero-Trust Human Layers

 

Even without formal publication, my little presentation has seeded practices, techniques, and thinking that drive multiple domains of cybersecurity today, demonstrating a broad and lasting intellectual footprint.

 

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Why I Now Explicitly Lock Down My Work

I recently implemented a media and intellectual property release that:

• Explicitly retains ownership of frameworks, language, and likeness
• Prohibits alteration, repurposing, and AI training
• Requires attribution when reasonably possible
• Restricts use to clearly defined educational and promotional purposes

 

This was not done out of paranoia. It was done out of pattern recognition. And yes, it’s sad. Because in a healthy professional culture, this wouldn’t be necessary.

 

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High Trust Does Not Mean Low Standards

There’s a dangerous conflation happening:

“If you trust people, you shouldn’t need boundaries.”

In reality, the opposite is true. High-trust environments only work when standards are explicit and enforced. Otherwise, trust becomes a resource extracted by those with the least integrity.

Boundaries are not hostility. They are ethical infrastructure.

 

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What This Trend Reveals About the Field

The quiet acceptance of plagiarism and theft signals something deeper:

• Incentives now reward visibility over rigor
• Performance over principle
• Speed over stewardship

 

This is not a talent problem. It is a values problem. And fields that lose their values eventually lose their legitimacy.

 

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“The Few, The Proud,” The Cybersecurity Professionals (Without the Uniform)

There’s a reason the Marine Corps motto resonates here. Not because of combat. But because of standards under pressure. Not everyone is willing to:

• Be precise about consent
• Credit sources even when no one is watching
• Do the work without stealing
• Say “no” to unethical advantage

 

Those who are… become fewer. And yes, prouder.

 

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Why I’m Writing This

I’m writing this because:

• Documentation creates resistance
• Documentation on my website means everyone everywhere will be able to track origin and ownership.
• Ethical clarity gives others permission to hold the line
• Silence enables normalization

 

If this article makes someone uncomfortable, that discomfort is data.

 

Organizational Risk from Unattributed or Misappropriated Intellectual Property

When proprietary frameworks, methodologies, or presentations—like Hacking Humans—are borrowed or redistributed without attribution or license, the impact on governance and compliance is multi-layered.

 

Reliance on Representations of Originality and Licensing

Organizations typically assume that content and frameworks used internally or delivered in training or products are:

• Properly attributed to the original creator
• Licensed or otherwise authorized for internal use
• Compliant with relevant IP and confidentiality agreements

When these assumptions are violated, organizations inherit risk without knowing it. This can manifest as:

• Exposure to copyright or trade secret infringement claims

• Disruption of internal compliance audits or certification reviews

• Potential reputational damage if practices are exposed publicly

Key point: The violation is not just ethical; it is structurally hazardous for the organization because they are now relying on misrepresented content.

 

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IP Contamination and Downstream Exposure

Once unlicensed or unattributed work is introduced into an organization, it can propagate through multiple layers:

• Training materials and workshops

• Product development, technical papers, or white papers

• Internal tooling, frameworks, or simulations

• Multi-team or multi-division adoption

This “contamination” means that:

• New derivative works may unintentionally infringe on original IP

• Legal exposure can escalate rapidly when multiple outputs are built on misappropriated work

• Downstream use in classified or regulated environments amplifies the potential consequences

Analogy: It’s like a virus—once it’s in the system, cleaning it up requires careful tracing, documentation, and sometimes formal remediation.

 

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Ethical Breaches and Organizational Propagation

Ethical breaches by individuals don’t remain isolated—they can quietly shape organizational culture, processes, and policies:

• Individuals may incorporate misappropriated frameworks into internal procedures, influencing future decisions without awareness of origin

• Training and certification materials can reflect the misappropriated work, creating a perpetuating loop of IP misuse

• In security-sensitive environments, this can extend to classified or high-trust contexts, potentially creating vulnerabilities or compliance violations

 

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Governance and Compliance Implications

From a governance and compliance perspective:

• Auditing and traceability: Organizations must maintain clear records of IP usage, sourcing, and permissions. Unattributed work breaks traceability.

• Policy enforcement: Ethics codes, internal IP policies, and professional conduct requirements may be breached without detection.

• Risk management: Unchecked propagation of misappropriated work can expose the organization to legal, operational, and reputational risks.

 

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Mitigation and Preemptive Measures

To prevent and remediate these issues, organizations should consider:

1. Explicit IP and media release agreements for all frameworks, training materials, and presentations

2. Documentation of authorship and licensing at the point of acquisition or adoption

3. Auditing of derivative works to ensure compliance with original IP terms

4. Ethics and compliance training emphasizing the downstream consequences of misappropriation

5. Rapid remediation protocols if misattribution or unauthorized use is discovered

 

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Takeaway: Even casual extraction of IP can become a systemic problem within an organization. The combination of ethical breach, misattribution, and lack of documentation creates risk that spreads through policy, tooling, training, and potentially sensitive environments. Precision enforcement—like the torque application metaphor you used—ensures corrective measures are effective without overreach.

 

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The Cost of Protection

While copyright law automatically grants creators ownership the moment their work is fixed in a tangible form, the reality of enforcement tells a different story. Pursuing legal action against theft or plagiarism is extremely expensive, putting small creators and individuals at a structural disadvantage. Only well-funded organizations can realistically afford to litigate or defend their intellectual property, which means predation and unethical reuse are effectively incentivized for those without conscience. This is why explicit agreements, licensing, and attribution requirements aren’t optional, they are preemptive defenses in a system that often cannot or will not protect the creator.

This is a critical point that too few people highlight. Copyright and IP laws exist on paper, but enforcement is structurally biased toward those with resources. A few things this exposes:

1. Economic barrier to justice – Even when the law is on your side, pursuing a claim can cost tens of thousands or more in legal fees, making it effectively impossible for individuals or small creators to enforce their rights.
2. Structural advantage for large organizations – Well-funded entities can litigate, intimidate, or simply absorb risk, while smaller creators are left defenseless against predation, even when it’s blatant.
3. Ethics gap becomes survival necessity – If you can’t rely on the legal system to protect you, you must rely on explicit contracts, licensing, and internal enforcement mechanisms to safeguard your work. This is exactly why your release and attribution clauses aren’t optional, they are a form of preemptive defense against a system that often doesn’t protect you.
4. Normalization of theft – When the cost of enforcement is so high, many people calculate that “stealing with impunity” is the rational choice. That’s why theft and plagiarism become normalized, it’s incentivized by structural economics, not just bad character.

 

This is a really strong lesson for anyone producing intellectual work: legal rights alone are insufficient; you must combine them with explicit, enforceable agreements and ethical clarity.

 

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Legal and Regulatory Considerations | Ethics, Oaths, and Organizational Compliance

 

Intellectual Property and Authorship

From the moment creative or intellectual work is fixed in a tangible medium, slides, documents, code, or recorded presentations, copyright attaches automatically under U.S. law (17 U.S.C. § 102). No registration is required for basic protection, though registration enhances enforceability, including the ability to claim statutory damages.

Other relevant frameworks include:

• Trade secret protection (Defend Trade Secrets Act, 2016; Uniform Trade Secrets Act) – protects frameworks, methodologies, and processes that derive independent economic value from secrecy.
• Contractual obligations – Non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), speaker or media release forms, and licensing agreements explicitly define the scope of allowed use, which becomes critical when statutory protection alone is insufficient.
• International considerations – In multinational contexts, Berne Convention compliance, European Union copyright directives, and other treaties govern cross-border enforcement.

 

Professional Certifications and Ethical Codes

Members of professional organizations such as ISACA, (ISC)², and others swear or agree to uphold specific oaths and codes of conduct:

• ISACA Code of Professional Ethics requires members to “perform their duties with honesty, diligence, and responsibility; protect the privacy of information; and disclose any conflicts of interest.”
• (ISC)² Code of Ethics obligates certified professionals to “protect society, the common good, necessary public trust, and confidence.”

 

Yet, as observed, some members violate these ethical commitments when convenient. Examples include:

• Plagiarizing or misusing proprietary frameworks from colleagues.
• Ignoring NDAs, IP rights, or documented consent agreements.
• Circumventing agreed-upon limitations in media or content use.

 

Such breaches may have legal and professional consequences, including:

• Revocation of certifications for ethical violations.
• Disciplinary actions within professional associations.
• Potential civil liability under copyright, contract, or trade secret law.

 

Oaths, Clearances, and the Intersection with Legal Responsibility

For members holding security clearances or positions requiring background investigations, ethical breaches, even outside formal employment, can carry downstream consequences:

• Violations of ethical or contractual obligations may trigger revocation or suspension of security clearances.
• Misuse of sensitive or proprietary materials can implicate federal statutes such as the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA), Espionage Act (for classified materials), and applicable state laws.
• Oaths of office or professional oaths are enforceable within organizational and governmental contexts. Breaches, even if informal, can constitute evidence of untrustworthiness, affecting future employment or clearance eligibility.

 

Arcane or Lesser-Known Legal Considerations

• Moral rights under the Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA) can protect the integrity and attribution of certain works even when economic rights are transferred.
• Doctrine of “integrity of work” in common law jurisdictions may be invoked for unpublished, non-commercialized works if misappropriated.
• Constructive trust principles: In cases where organizational members exploit your work, courts may impose remedies recognizing equitable ownership rights even absent a formal contract.
• Professional liability insurance may or may not cover misappropriation by third parties; understanding the limits is crucial.

 

Practical Enforcement and Ethical Imperatives

Because litigation is costly and enforcement is often asymmetric (favoring large organizations), proactive documentation and contractual clarity are essential:

• Media and IP releases that clearly define permissible use, attribution, and limitations.
• Explicit retention of authorship and licensing terms, including prohibitions on AI training, repurposing, and commercial exploitation.
• Public documentation of ethical expectations, reinforcing obligations under certification codes, oaths, and professional agreements.

 

Failure to align professional ethics, oaths, and legal frameworks results in a dual risk: harm to individual creators and the gradual erosion of trust in the field itself.

 

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Consequences of Ethical and Legal Breaches in Professional Security and Cyber Fields

Professional obligations in cybersecurity, intelligence-adjacent disciplines, and human-focused research combine law, certification codes, and ethical oaths. Violations have layered consequences, and understanding these layers is critical.

 

Narrative Version

Individuals who hold certifications (e.g., ISACA, (ISC)²) or security clearances enter into binding ethical agreements and oaths. These commitments are not symbolic, they have practical, legal, and regulatory implications.

For example, ISACA members agree to perform duties with honesty, diligence, and responsibility, while (ISC)² requires professionals to protect society, the common good, and public trust. Yet, as observed in many industries, some members ignore these agreements when convenient, engaging in plagiarism, IP misappropriation, or unauthorized use of sensitive content.

Violations can trigger consequences across multiple domains:

1. Professional Certification
   • Ethical breaches may result in revocation or suspension of certification, limiting career mobility and professional credibility.
   • Misuse of media, slides, or frameworks without attribution directly conflicts with the codes of conduct that underpin certification.
2. Legal and Intellectual Property Rights
   • Copyright infringement, trade secret misappropriation, and contract violations may give rise to civil liability under U.S. federal law (CFAA, Copyright Act) and state laws.
   • Overt violations can trigger injunctive relief or damages, though litigation is expensive, favoring entities with deep resources.
3. Security Clearances and Government Compliance
   • Actions demonstrating untrustworthiness, like unethical use of intellectual property, can result in revocation or denial of security clearances.
   • Clear violations may also intersect with federal statutes, particularly for classified or controlled information, potentially constituting criminal violations.
4. Ethical and Moral Responsibility
   • Beyond legal liability, breaches undermine trust in organizations and professional communities.
   • Preemptive measures like media releases, explicit IP licensing, and documentation of consent are necessary defensive steps to safeguard creators’ rights.
5. Arcane and Specialized Considerations
   • Moral rights (VARA) protect attribution and integrity for certain works.
   • Constructive trust principles may grant equitable ownership if work is misappropriated.
   • Professional liability insurance may have limited coverage for third-party misuse, emphasizing the need for explicit written permissions.

 

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Quick Reference Table | Breach → Consequence

 

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Glossary

 

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References

Disclaimer: These sources are cited for completeness and reference; I have not read them in full.

• International Information System Security Certification Consortium, Inc. [(ISC)²]. (n.d.). Code of Ethics. https://www.isc2.org/Ethics
• ISACA. (n.d.). Code of Professional Ethics. https://www.isaca.org/ethics
• United States Copyright Office. (2023). Copyright Law of the United States. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/
• United States Congress. (2016). Defend Trade Secrets Act of 2016. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/3326
• United States Congress. (1986). Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (CFAA). https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/5658
• United States Visual Artists Rights Act (VARA), 17 U.S.C. § 106A (1990).

 

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Reclaiming Integrity from the Claws of a Dilemma

We were supposed to be the good guys. Some still are. But it now requires saying things out loud that used to go without saying and putting protections in place that used to be unnecessary.

That’s not cynicism. That’s adaptation without surrender.

 

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