Innes launched his website not as a way to catch criminals, but as a possible business venture. From 2003 to 2005, he studied network security and was considering opening a business that would test a company’s online infrastructure for vulnerabilities. He was also collecting domain names in the hopes of reselling them for a profit. With both of those ventures in mind, he registered RentAHitman.com on Feb. 5, 2005, playing on the double meaning of the word “hit,” which can refer to attacking a system as well as online views.

Source: Washington Post November 23, 2021 12:43 UTC