The Hacker

Although being a professional hacker has it's benefits, bribery, judgment and secrets could be negative aspects that stand out in a hacker's world. Slander is brilliant when it comes to finding out information on a person or place. She works for a security company by the name of Milton security. Sure she is paid well and has the respect of her boss for her consistency, but her image is judged as one would assume. When Mikael finds himself in the mess of "wrongly accusing" Wennerstrom he hires girl genius Salander to find out the real lowdown on this political scandal. An uncommon feature that the two protagonists share is self-image awareness. Blomkvist rants and raves about his journalistic style and skills, bragging about his profession while putting colleagues down, a real ego boost. Lisbeth could care less what people think of her and she prides herself on her individuality. She is proud to be a hacker and lets others know. Blomkvist is frazzled when his loud article about Hans-Erik Wennerstrom is revealed to be false information and hires Salander to sort out the truth from the lies.