A recently published e-book penned by the self-proclaimed “world's No. 1 hacker” is rocking the security community with back-and-forth allegations of plagiarism, racism, and even threats against a security podcaster and his family.
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Chris Gates and Donald Donzal, the author and editor respectively of the articles on the Ethical Hacker site, are also steadfast that Evans never had permission to use their content, which was first published published in 2007. Donzal said he's in the process of filing a take-down demand under the US Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

One of the chapters supposedly plagiarized in the book came from The Ethical Hacker Network (EHN) [link], where Chris Gates wrote an article on MS Terminal Server Cracking. On Twitter, Gates has said he was never paid for the article to be used in the book, and mentioned that Donald Donzal was not paid either. When looking at what appears in the book and the images from EHN, the content is the same.

Evans said the posts related to plagiarism hurt and, due to the fact that he had previously contacted EHN to purchase the site, he had Donzal’s cell number. Evans said he called Donzal about the posts on the site, at which point Evans was told he jumped the gun. At this juncture, Donzal was busy and couldn’t discuss the issue further, causing Evans to leave his cell number and request a call back.

In emails sent to The Tech Herald by Evans, which appear to be copies dating from December 17, 2009, there is communication regarding the purchase of EHN. However, the purchase offer was turned down and, during our interview, Evans said that no return call was given related to the postings on the EHN website.

Thanks for your kind words and generous offers of support. Just to let you know, I've sent an email to The Tech Herald to offer to go on the record to clarify some of the items in this article.

Don