I finally broke down and paid for access to one of those over priced newspaper archives so I could do research for the Inner Circle videos and what I've seen changes the story as I understood it in my mind a lot. #hacker #hacking #history
Initially there is the report of the raids around October 14th 1983, a press conference with 4 of the kids raided and photos of them all looking very sombre and sorry, a few articles about kids missing their seized computer equipment. #hacker #hacking #history
There is something else though, a lot of references to another hacker, "The Cracker" who seems to be being built up into a scapegoat or ringleader by whoever decided these first group of kids should do a press conference and get their story out first. Someone is clearly piecing together a narrative here. #hacker #hacking #history
Eventually on the 16th of October 1983 there is literal front page news that The Cracker has been caught, alongside headlines that explicitly pin the blame for all of the hacking on him, even detailing that the first kids raided handed his number over to the authorities.
I can only imagine what this kind of media attention would do to a 17 year old back then. #hacker #hacking #history
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🐘 ʰᵃᶜᵏ.ʰⁱˢᵗᵒʳʸ
•#hacker #hacking #history
🐘 ʰᵃᶜᵏ.ʰⁱˢᵗᵒʳʸ
•I can only imagine what this kind of media attention would do to a 17 year old back then. #hacker #hacking #history