I found myself wondering what ever happened to him and had a quick look in google and the age lines up and details like "they planned to analyze numerous computers, hard drives and cellphones seized from Basham" sure seem to fit but anyway, bad for him.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/twenty-six-guns-found-at-home-of-everett-basham-accused-of-threats-against-calif-state-lawmaker-say-cops/
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I am looking through newspaper clippings about hacking from 1985 and came across the story of Everett Basham, who got a job working with Hewlett Packard as a sort of hacker whisperer to advise on computer security at 17.
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