New #blog! The story of two suburban Chicago kids who #hacked a university computer & tried to hold it to ransom in 1980. Really early #hacker #history & a thread in the history of #ransomware, data extortion is almost as old as personal computing itself.
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I wrote about how newspaper illustration artists in the 1970s thought about and portrayed computer crime.
#hacker #hacking #history
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#Blog about the first patriotic #cyberwar undertaken by #hackers in #China, in response to violence against ethnic #Chinese people in #Indonesia back in 1998.
This is the most complete account of this first instance of Chinese #hacktivism.
#History
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I wrote up a quick #blog about making a #FOIA request to the #FBI through their web portal, the basics of how to make a request, how to write the request itself and tips on making sure that your request gets processed.
realhackhistory.org/2025/04/…
I wrote a blog about an anti-apartheid protest that took place in 1984, at Oberlin College in Ohio, and the fact that a smaller group of students tried to shut down campus computer services as part of the activist action.
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found this awesome page about the history of hacking by @realhackhistory. worth a read!
realhackhistory.org/
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If anyone out there knows more about this very early government spyware, Signal is: +1 917 257 1382
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1989: Joseph Lewis Popp allegedly mailed floppy disks to recipients in the UK which were labeled "AIDS Information Introductory Diskette", but contained the AIDS trojan which demanded $189 to "renew the license" by sending money to a post office box in Panama.
Early ransomware!
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1992: Kevin Poulsen was indicted for illegally obtaining Air Force secret data, the first US Federal espionage charges for computer crimes.
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Hi, it's tuts-for-nerds giveaway 3. (we gotta move fast, lots of stuff to giveaway).
Our friend @HackingDave donated $1,000 to gift to nerds.
We'll be gifting $100 worth of stuff to 10 people.
Requirements:
- Leave a comment with what you want (must be approx. $100/USD, can be multiple items totally $100/USD)
- Items requested should be computer related
- Preferred if you have PayPal (you can buy the item and we reimburse you, it'll be faster and won't require having your physical access)
- Winners will be selected randomly in the next 24 hours.
- We will DM winners.
- If you do not confirm your win in 24 hours a new winner will be selected
- If your DMs are closed, you automatically forfeit your prize
Have a nice day
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1996: Julian Assange pleaded guilty to 25 of 31 hacking charges and related charges and was ordered to repay $2,100 to Australian National University. He had been arrested in 1994 for hacking crimes committed in 1991. The court case details weren't released until 2011.
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happy birthday to DDoSecrets! one of the most important institutions of the current day free internet
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5/ I can't get over the FSB's rebranding of espionage as "network marketing"
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RELEASE: Andrew Tate staff chats (1.5 GB)
[#DDoSecrets URL censored on Elon Musk's X]
148 channels used by staff members for Andrew Tate's subscription course service The Real World and "The Council," a group of Real World users who pay thousands of dollars to participate.