One recent post on Hacker's List, a site dedicated to matching up hackers with those who need something hacked, was headed "FB [Facebook] Account Hack for Justice."

"Scumbag guy I met at a bar over the weekend followed me home and assaulted me," it read. "Thankfully the police caught him and he's thinking long and hard about what he did in a county jail. This is apparently not the first time he's done this, but he got off free of charge the last time. I want to hit him where it hurts."

The poster offered between $200-$300 for access to the man's account.

Since being profiled in The New York Times two weeks ago, Hacker's List has buckled under a deluge of traffic and still goes up and down on a regular basis. Upon registering for an account, the site reminds users that it is "intended for legal and ethical use" and that "if you feel a project violates our terms of service, please report the listing immediately." But a search through the last few weeks of job postings on the site shows an almost total absence of "legal and ethical" requests.

More common are obviously illegal gigs. "Need the Mass (usa) RMV/DOT [driving] records deleted and my license reinstated there with a motorcycle endorsement (class D/M)," wrote one poster, offering $300-$500. "I would like a clean, spotless record there and in the federal drivers' registry. If you can do it send me a message."

Another poster, who claims to attend a satellite campus of Moberly Area Community College in Missouri, wanted some "grades changed on my gradebook and my transcript" so his father didn't kick him out of the house. His need was urgent because he "had someone employed previously, but due to the events in Paris, I hAve [sic] lost all contact with them." He offered to pay any hacker who had technical skills but lacked a moral compass somewhere between $50 and $245.

No matter the job, bidders regularly claim that they can do the work quickly and easily.

"Hi, i can hack the database where your grades are stored (you need to give me URL) in few days," wrote one aspiring hacker, who wanted $200. "Add me on Skype [username redacted] and we can talk about details."

Another hacker quickly underbid him, offering to do the job for just $75. "This can be done within a few days," he wrote. "I just need the specifications of what you would like done. Let me know if you would like to discuss more. Email me! Note: I can make fix your grades free for the whole year."

Though many of the jobs are dubious, a few are just flat-out dangerous. "Hi I need some help ordering a few things from the deep web paying you to either order it (will provide money upfront for items) and will pay you to order it," wrote another poster. The $100-$1,000 on offer hardly seems worth the risk of having weapons or drugs arrive in one's mailbox.

It's impossible to tell how legitimate the job posts are or how skilled the hackers responding to them might be, but the hundreds of postings do collectively paint a compelling picture of current anxieties around the Internet. If Hacker's List job postings are any indication, people largely want to hack the social media or e-mail accounts of lovers and ex-lovers, remove negative personal and professional feedback posts from the 'Net, and alter the databases that guide so much of our lives—including grades, DMV records, and even hotel rewards programs.

What follows is a curated selection of Hacker's List job postings from the last several weeks, along with the amounts of money on offer.

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