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

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