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How the World Got Owned Episode 2: The 1990s, Part One

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In this special documentary episode, Patrick Gray and Amberleigh Jack take a look back at hacking throughout the 1990s, from the feel-good vibes of the early hacking communities to the antics of young hackers who wound up on the run from the FBI.

Part one features recollections from:

  • Jeff Moss (The Dark Tangent), DefCon and Black Hat founder
  • Chris Wysopal (Weld Pond), L0pht member, co-founder, @Stake
  • Kevin Poulsen (Dark Dante), 1990s hacker turned journalist
  • Elias Levy (Aleph One), author of Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit, Phrack, 1996

    • How the World Got Owned is produced in partnership with SentinelOne.

    Show notes
    • Elias Levy (Aleph1), Former Principle Engineer, Google
    • Kevin Poulsen, Journalist
    • Jeff Moss, DefCon founder
    • Chris Wysopal, @Stake founder, L0pht member
    • Hackers testifying at the United States Senate, May 19, 1998
    • Hackers May ‘Net’ Good PR for Studio
    • DefCon Archives | DefCon 1
    • A Not So Terribly Brief History of the Electronic Frontier Foundation
    • Innocent Hackers Want Their Computers Back
    • Breakdowns in Computer Security
    • Unsolved Mysteries, Season 3, Episode 4
    • The Last Hacker: He Called Himself Dark Dante. His Compulsion Led Him to Secret Files and, Eventually, The Bar of Justice
    • Justia appeal summary, Kevin Poulsen, 1994
    • Smashing the Stack for Fun and Profit, Phrack Magazine, November 1996
    • From subversives to CEOs: How radical hackers built today’s cybersecurity industry
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