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Ellis grew up in the suburbs of New York City, spending his early days engrossed in video games. The thrill of gaming offered a sense of power, but everything changed when he encountered a fellow gamer who taunted him with precise knowledge of his whereabouts. This incident ignited Ellis's fascination with hacking, prompting him to explore tools like Wireshark, which allowed him to sniff out IP addresses from incoming network connections.