The security expert, Dave Kennedy, is the real deal. The primary tool any white hat hacker would use is called Metasploit.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metasploit_Project
And Dave just so happens to be the primary author of the book “Metasploit: The Penetration Tester’s Guide”, which is considered the top book on Metasploit, and includes a forward by the tool’s creator, HD Moore.
When he said he could break into the site in a few hours, he wasn’t kidding. Check out this video of him on Katie Couric (sorry to make you watch Katie) but it’s quite eye opening to watch this audience member’s shock as he compromised her laptop and took control of her entire computer, including webcam.
Heh - a long time ago my wife made me put tape over the webcam in the laptop that is usually in our bedroom. :-)