"He wrote phishing emails": Coding Jesus exposes Pirate Software for exaggerating false hacking claims
YouTuber Coding Jesus just dropped the hammer on Jason 'Thor' Hall, better known online as Pirate Software. The issue? Hall's bold claims that he was once hacking power plants for the U.S.
government. According to Coding Jesus, those claims don't quite add up, and what really happened was far less glamorous.
Pirate Software Said that he 'Hacked for the Department of Energy'
In a resurfaced podcast clip, Pirate Software made a jaw-dropping statement that his last job involved hacking power plants for the U.S. Department of Energy. The implication? That he was some elite cybersecurity expert taking on high-stakes missions.
But not everyone bought it. Especially not Coding Jesus, who's known for calling out what he sees as misinformation in the tech content creator space.
Coding Jesus says that Pirate Software 'wrote phishing emails'
In a video posted on July 8, 2025, Coding Jesus broke down the claim and provided receipts. According to him, Hall's actual work history tells a different story. A screenshot of Hall's LinkedIn profile, shown in the video, reveals that he was more involved in social engineering and writing phishing emails than in executing elite government-level hacks.
In his breakdown, Coding Jesus called out the 'illusion' Hall tries to create:
'He wrote phishing emails and tried to gain access to credentials and user systems that way.'
Essentially, the glamorous hacker persona Hall portrays doesn't align with his documented work.
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Coding Jesus didn't hold back. He argued that Pirate Software was clearly trying to build a persona that didn't align with reality. Beyond credentials, Coding Jesus pointed to a lack of public-facing projects to back Hall's '20 years of experience.' He showcased Pirate Software's empty GitHub profile, suggesting that Hall's coding output doesn't reflect the seniority or skillset he often claims to have.
Pirate Software Keeps Making Things Worse
Pirate Software Fires Back
The same day the video went up, Pirate Software clapped back. In a now-viral clip on Reddit's r/LivestreamFail, Hall mocked Coding Jesus for not understanding Game Maker Studio and accused him of chasing relevance:
'It's just another, like, YouTube grifter trying to fight for relevance, dude. That's all that s**t is.'
He even pointed out that some of the criticisms in the code review were factually incorrect, like renaming Game Maker alarms (which apparently isn't possible).
Tech Beef or Clout War?
While both creators have their loyal fans, the back-and-forth has sparked wider discussion about credibility in the dev content creator scene. Is Pirate Software exaggerating for entertainment, or is this a serious case of resume inflation? And is Coding Jesus genuinely fact-checking, or just farming views?
Whatever the truth, one thing's clear: transparency matters, especially in tech, where trust is everything. In an age where every coder is also a content creator, reputation can be written in code… or undone with a single video.
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