Hunter did a lot of his own research but sometimes he needed a little help with the computer stuff. He had stayed in touch with one of his former foster brothers who was in cyber security and could hack just about anything.
He and Darius had both aged out of the system without ever being adopted but they had been in the same foster home for four years before Darius left. He was the closest thing Hunter had to family.
They got along so well because they had a similar mentality. Do whatever it takes to survive.
Darius made his money by hacking people's websites then turning around and selling them his services to upgrade their firewalls. It had worked out very well for him so far.
He didn't have a problem with what Hunter did for a living. In fact, he supported it 100% because he was one of his customers. Darius had made his website for him and helped him find information about people he was writing articles about that he couldn't find himself.