A man in Sweden says he will pay up to $2,000 to anyone who can break into his landlord's website. A woman in California says she will pay $500 for someone to hack into her boyfriend's Facebook and Gmail accounts to see if he is cheating on her.
The business of hacking is no longer just the domain of intelligence agencies, international criminal gangs, shadowy political operatives and disgruntled "hacktivists" taking aim at big targets. Rather, it is an increasingly personal enterprise.
At a time when huge stealth attacks on companies like Sony Pictures, JPMorgan Chase and Home Depot attract attention, less noticed is a growing cottage industry of ordinary people hiring hackers for much smaller acts of espionage.