Context: As sound scholar Jonathan Sterne notes, "An Australian hacker acquired l3enc using a stolen credit card. The hacker then reverse-engineered the software, wrote a new user interface, and redistributed it for free, naming it "thank you Fraunhofer"".

Question: What was Jonathan Sterne's profession?
Answer: sound scholar

Question: Which nationality was the hacker who acquired I3enc?
Answer: Australian

Question: What did the hacker use to acquire the software?
Answer: stolen credit card

Question: The hacker re-wrote which element of the program?
Answer: user interface

Question: How much did the new released program by the hacker cost?
Answer: free