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1. Hacking Culture Of The 70's

- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- In 2003 A 15-year-old Named Christopher Poole Creates A Chat Forum Called 4chan. Users Began Posting Elaborate Pranks Anonymously - Spawning The Name Anonymous - Pranks Were Called Raids. Some Of Which Were Called Epic. These Were Done For The Lulz (Laughs). One Such Instance Is Habbo Hotel And The Pool Blocking Prank - Anons Are Mostly About The Lulz Until 2008 With An Epic Series Of Protests About Scientology. What Started Out As A Prank Began To Attract Earnest Critics Of Scientology. The Anons Were Split In Anonymous For Those Who Care About The Morals (Moralfags) And Those Who Care About The Lulz (Lulzfags) - This Split Will Eventually Form Two Groups: Anonymous And Lulzsec- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

2. Arrested - Again

- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- In 2003 A 15-year-old Named Christopher Poole Creates A Chat Forum Called 4chan. Users Began Posting Elaborate Pranks Anonymously - Spawning The Name Anonymous - Pranks Were Called Raids. Some Of Which Were Called Epic. These Were Done For The Lulz (Laughs). One Such Instance Is Habbo Hotel And The Pool Blocking Prank - Anons Are Mostly About The Lulz Until 2008 With An Epic Series Of Protests About Scientology. What Started Out As A Prank Began To Attract Earnest Critics Of Scientology. The Anons Were Split In Anonymous For Those Who Care About The Morals (Moralfags) And Those Who Care About The Lulz (Lulzfags) - This Split Will Eventually Form Two Groups: Anonymous And Lulzsec- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

3. Phone Phreaks

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- In 2003 A 15-year-old Named Christopher Poole Creates A Chat Forum Called 4chan. Users Began Posting Elaborate Pranks Anonymously - Spawning The Name Anonymous - Pranks Were Called Raids. Some Of Which Were Called Epic. These Were Done For The Lulz (Laughs). One Such Instance Is Habbo Hotel And The Pool Blocking Prank - Anons Are Mostly About The Lulz Until 2008 With An Epic Series Of Protests About Scientology. What Started Out As A Prank Began To Attract Earnest Critics Of Scientology. The Anons Were Split In Anonymous For Those Who Care About The Morals (Moralfags) And Those Who Care About The Lulz (Lulzfags) - This Split Will Eventually Form Two Groups: Anonymous And Lulzsec- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

4. Rise Of The Hacktivists

- In 2003 A 15-year-old Named Christopher Poole Creates A Chat Forum Called 4chan. Users Began Posting Elaborate Pranks Anonymously - Spawning The Name Anonymous - Pranks Were Called Raids. Some Of Which Were Called Epic. These Were Done For The Lulz (Laughs). One Such Instance Is Habbo Hotel And The Pool Blocking Prank - Anons Are Mostly About The Lulz Until 2008 With An Epic Series Of Protests About Scientology. What Started Out As A Prank Began To Attract Earnest Critics Of Scientology. The Anons Were Split In Anonymous For Those Who Care About The Morals (Moralfags) And Those Who Care About The Lulz (Lulzfags) - This Split Will Eventually Form Two Groups: Anonymous And Lulzsec- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

5. Russian Hacker Evgeniy Bogachev

- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- The Us Has Offered A $3m (£1.94m) Reward For Information On A Russian Hacker - The Highest The Us Authorities Have Ever Offered In A Cybercrime Case

6. Reasons To Hack The United States?

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- China May Want To Extract Information - North Korea Or Russia May Want To Devalue Our Currency - Syria Or Iran May Want To Hurt Our Infrastructure

7. Phase 4: Maintaining Access

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Hacker Is In System And Wants To Keep Access And Control Systems: First Order Of Business Often To Patch System So No One Else Can Move In - Trojan Horses: Malicious Program Disguised As Something Benign Or Even Useful - Backdoors: Access System Using Alternate Method- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."

8. Social Engineering

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Process Of Gaining Information Through Leveraging: 1. People's Good Intentions 2. Your Knowledge Of A System To Fake Your Way Into Acceptance 3. The Social Systems Of Society; Bars - Nightclubs - Friend Networks- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

9. 1983

- Authorities Arrest Six Teenagers Known As The 414 Gang (After The Area Code To Which They Are Traced). During A Nine-day Spree - The Gang Breaks Into Some 60 Computers - Among Them Computers At The Los Alamos National Laboratory - Which Helps Develop Nuclear Weapons - Wargames - A Film That Glamorizes Hacking - Is Released. Many Hackers Later Claim It Inspired Them To Start Playing Around With Computers And Networks- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

10. Hacking History: 90's To 00's Countries

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Russians And Eastern Europeans Become Some Of The Best Producers Of Malware In The World. Use It To Steal A Greater Amount Of Wealth - Hacking Does Not Have The Same Public Perception In Russia As In America - Due To Culture And Lax Cyber Laws- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

11. Arrested

- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Plainclothes N.Y.P.D. Detective - Investigating A Series Of Car Thefts In Upper Manhattan - Followed A Suspicious-looking Young Man With Long - Stringy Hair And A Nose Ring Into The A.T.M. Lobby Of A Bank. Pretending To Use One Of The Machines - The Detective Watched As The Man Pulled A Debit Card From His Pocket And Withdrew Hundreds Of Dollars In Cash - Then He Pulled Out Another Card And Did The Same Thing- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

12. Gonzalez - Back To Hacking

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Gonzalez And His Crew Of Hackers And Other Affiliates Gained Access To Roughly 180 Million Payment-card Accounts From The Customer Databases Of Some Of The Most Well Known Corporations In America: Officemax - Bj's Wholesale Club - Dave & Buster's Restaurants - The T. J. Maxx And Marshalls Clothing Chains. They Hacked Into Target - Barnes & Noble - Jcpenney - Sports Authority - Boston Market And 7-eleven's Bank-machine Network. - Gonzalez Would "War Drive" - Where He Would Search For Vulnerable Retail Store Networks- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

13. Phase 2: Scanning

- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Get To Know Their Network Better Than They Know Their Own Network - Scans Will Show Information About Their Network - Will Be Able To Detect Some Scanning - May Have To Be Patient - Discrete And Sneaky With Scans- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

14. August 18th 2014

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Chinese Hackers Exploited The Heartbleed Web-security Flaw To Steal Data On 4.5 Million Patients Of Community Health Systems Inc. (Cyh) - The First Known Breach Of A Company By Use Of The Vulnerability - Said A Person Involved In The Investigation- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

15. The Hacker Ethics

- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Computers Can Change Your Life For The Better - You Can Create Art And Beauty On A Computer - Hackers Should Be Judged By Their Hacking - Access To Computers Should Be Unlimited - All Info Should Be Free - Mistrust Authority- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

16. Hacker

- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Person Who Creates And Modifies Computer Software And Computer Hardware - Including Computer Programming - Administration - And Security-related Items - In Computer Programming - A Hacker Is A Programmer Who Hacks Or Reaches A Goal By Employing A Series Of Modifications To Exploit Or Extend Existing Code Or Resources- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

17. Phase 5: Covering Tracks

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Cover Tracks So They Can Do It Again And Not Get Caught - Altering Event Logs Might Not Want To Delete Entire Log - Windows Logs Stored In Files Called Secevent.Evt (Security) - Sysevent.Evt (System) - And- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

18. What Is A Hacker?

19. 1994

- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- A Group Directed By Russian Hackers Breaks Into The Computers Of Citibank And Transfers More Than $10 Million From Customers' Accounts. Eventually - Citibank Recovered All But $400000 Of The Pilfered Money

20. Cyber Attack Characteristics By Region

- Asia-pacific: Home To Large - Bureaucratic Hacker Groups - Such As The "Comment Crew" Who Pursues Targets In High-frequency - Brute-force Attacks - Russia/Eastern Europe: More Technically Advanced Cyberattacks That Are Often Highly Effective At Evading Detection. - Middle East: Cybercriminals In The Region Often Using Creativity - Deception - And Social Engineering To Trick Users Into Compromising Their Own Computers. - United States: Origin Of The Most Complex - Targeted - And Rigorously Engineered Cyber Attack Campaigns To Date - Such As The Stuxnet Worm. Attackers Favour A Drone-like Approach To Malware Delivery- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

21. Business Email Compromise

- Ceo's Email Accounts Are Compromised - Hackers Use Phishing To Achieve Scam - Once The Link Sent In The Email Is Opened - Hackers Are Able To Gain Access To Ceo's Personal Financial Records/ Passwords And Transfer Money Out - Wire Methods Are Common In Bec To Transfer Funds - Those Most At Risk For Being Targeted Are Firms That Work With Foreign Agencies And Perform High Rates Of Wire Transferring's- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls

22. 1996

- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."Serial Cybertrespasser Kevin Mitnick Is Captured By Federal Agents And Charged With Stealing 20000 Credit Card Numbers. He's Kept In Prison For Four Years Without A Trial And Becomes A Celebrity In The Hacking Underground

23. 1987

- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'- Herbert Zinn - A 17-year-old Hacker And High-school Dropout Who Goes By The Moniker Shadow Hawk Breaks Into The Systems Of Department Of Defense - Nato - And At&t From His Chicago Bedroom - Among The Software He Allegedly Steals Is An Artificial-intelligence Program Not Yet On The Market That At&t Estimated Was Worth $1 Million - He's Caught After Bragging On Online Message Boards - Although He Is A Juvenile At The Time - He's Convicted Of Software Theft And Destruction - As Well As Of Publishing Information On How To Circumvent At&t's Security Devices - His Sentence: Nine Months In Prison - Probation - And A $10000 Fine- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."

24. Rise Of The Hacktivists: Campaigns Conducted By Anonymous

- (2010) Operation: Payback Is A Bitch: Targeted The Recording Industry Association Of America (Riaa) And The Motion Picture Association Of America For Attacking Pirate Bay - (2010) Operation Avenge Assange: Targeted Visa - Mastercard - And Paypal After They Cut Services For Wikileaks - (2011) Operation Tunisia: Targeted Tunisian Government Websites In Retaliation To Censorship - (2012) Megaupload Shutdown: Targeted The Fbi Website In Retaliation For Shutting Down Megaupload Website- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

25. China Was Indicted By America On May 19th 2014

- "The Indictment Said That "Chinese Firms Hired The Same P.L.A. Unit" To "Build A Secret Database To Hold Corporate Intelligence." In One Instance - The Hackers Broke Into Westinghouse's Network To Learn The Company's Strategy For Negotiating With One Of China's State-owned Enterprises. The Hackers Stole Roughly 700000 Pages Of Emails - Including Some From Its Chief Executive."- May 2008: Gonzalez Is Arrested In A Miami Hotel. He Later Directed Agents To A Barrel In His Parents' Yard That Held $1.2 Million - Received Two Concurrent Terms - 20 Years Each. This Is The Longest Sentence Handed Down To American For Computer Crime In History - Judge Stated - "What I Found Most Devastating Was The Fact That You Two-timed The Government Agency That You Were Cooperating With - And You Were Essentially Like A Double Agent."- Used Special Equipment To Gain Access To Free Telephone Calls - The 'blue Box' Is The Most Notorious Device used To Generate 'tones' Of A Certain Frequency To Get Free Calls- Hackers Had To Be Innovative In Finding Ways To Communicate - Communication 1. Bulletin Boards 2. Discussion Boards 3. Email - Leet Speak Hacking History: The 70's To 80's Events - The Phone System Is The Largest 'network' Of The Time - Phone Phreakers Are The Hackers That Explore The Phone System - (1972) :John Draper - Also Known As Captain Crunch - Finds That A Toy Whistle Given Away In The Cereal With The Same Name Could Be Used To Mimic The 2600 Hertz Tones Phone Lines Used To Set Up Long Distance Calls - Phone Phreakers Have A Significant Contribution To Developing The 'hacker Culture'

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