Η Four Thieves Vinegar Collective does the "right thing to fix your body". Laufer has become known for handing out DIY (by Do it Yourself) pills and drugs at hacker conferences, which include, for example, classes on making the abortion drug misoprostol that can be made for 89 cents (regular cost: 160 $) and which is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain in some American states after the Supreme Court's decision to ban abortions. 
Four Thieves is now in the business of replicating sofosbuvir (Sovaldi), a miracle drug that cures hepatitis C, and wants to reveal it at the DEF CON hacking conference. Sovaldi does not suppress hepatitis C, a virus that kills about 250.000 people worldwide each year, but it does treat it.
It is very important to mention that unlike other organizations, Four Thieves does not suggest that people treat COVID with Ivermectin. Instead, they help people make their own, identical pirated versions of proven and tested pharmaceuticals by taking the precursor ingredients and carrying out the chemical reactions to make the drug themselves. "We're not inventing anything, really," he said Laufer at 404 Media.
"We take things that are on the shelf and steal them. We like to get something established that's like, "This works, but you can't get it." Well, here's a way to get it."
“Isn't this illegal? Yeah. Grow up.”
Four Thieves has developed a suite of open source tools to help achieve its goal. The core tool, Chemhacktica, is a software platform that uses machine learning to map chemical pathways for the synthesis of desired molecules. It suggests possible chemical reactions, identifies precursor materials and checks their availability for purchase.
The other is Microlab, an open-source controlled laboratory reactor built from affordable, off-the-shelf components that cost between $300 and $500. It uses Chemhacktica's recommended pathways for drug creation and detailed instructions for building and operating the Microlab. In addition, the company developed a recipe system called Apothecarium that creates executable files for the Microlab, offering step-by-step instructions for producing specific drugs.
Laufer told 404 Media:
"I am convinced that we are reaching a tipping point where economics and ethics are reaching their limits. Look: the copyright law is based on some ideas that came out of Venice in the 1400s. It doesn't apply and people are being abused who die every day because of it, and it's not okay."
