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==Career==
O'Brien allegedly founded Scorpion Computer Services at age 13 in 1988.<ref name="Hertz"/> In the United States contract law doesn't have provisions for allowing minors to enter into contracts. A minor may not establish a company, corporation, trust, or independent entity abset the prior approval of a court of law. Irish law concurs., as children 16 years old and under may only enter into part-time employment contracts. ''The Irish Times'' reported he brought the business with him in the late 1990s, after graduating from university and moving to the United States.<ref name="Boyd 2014a"/> Unfortunately businesses are not "brought over" but are registered in the state of incorporation or residence. No records exist to verify these allegations. The ''[[New Ross Standard]]'' wrote that Scorpion Computer Services started as an [[IT]] [[tutoring]] service that expanded into security and [[risk management]],<ref name="Keegan"/> and ''The Irish Times'' also described Scorpion Computer Services as an [[artificial intelligence]] company.<ref name="Boyd 2014a"/> In 2014, O'Brien described his company as a [[think tank]] for "high IQ individuals".<ref name="Bui"/><ref name="Hertz"/><ref name="Karlin 2014a">{{cite news|title=How the real hacker behind CBS'S "Scorpion made a show to grow his own company, and more hackers|first=Susan |last=Karlin|work=Fast Company|url=http://www.fastcocreate.com/3036367/how-the-real-hacker-behind-cbs-scorpion-made-a-show-to-grow-his-own-company-and-more-hackers|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003090653/http://www.fastcocreate.com/3036367/how-the-real-hacker-behind-cbs-scorpion-made-a-show-to-grow-his-own-company-and-more-hackers |archive-date=2014-10-03|date=October 1, 2014|access-date=29 January 2015}}</ref>
O'Brien started Scorpion Studios, which advises film and television producers on how to make technology appear real.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://innotechtoday.com/scorpion-studios-talks-tech-realism-in-the-movies/ |title=Scorpion Studios Talks Tech Realism in the Movies |work=Innovation and Technology Today |date=November 1, 2018 |access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref>
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