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Five surprising facts about the history of hacking

Before the invention of the personal computer and the internet, a maverick species of technological spelunker – the phone phreak – explored, documented and played with an intricate technical system: ...
Prospect

The age of the hack

At 4am on 22nd March 2016, a groggy Billy Rinehart opened his laptop in a Honolulu hotel room and made quite possibly the biggest mistake of his life. Google had just sent him a message claiming that ...
BBC

Computer hacking

The Inquiry. How Do You Run A Hacking Operation? Audio, 23 minutesThe Inquiry How Do You Run A Hacking Operation? We reveal the secrets of some of the world’s most advanced and secretive cyber-powers.
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Hacking

David Baddiel tries to understand computer hacking. Is hacking just about people being careless with their passwords, or do hackers sit in darkened rooms, furiously tapping away at keys like in the ...