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10 Old-School Hackers That Messed Stuff Up

For as long as computers have existed, people have been hacking them. Well, almost. Hacking began in the late 60s and 70s as a way for computer scientists themselves to test the boundaries of their technology and was a part of many university computer science clubs. But once the personal computer was released for the first time in 1973, hackers finally had the opportunity to cause some harm.


We imagine hackers in a post-internet world; furiously typing away at their laptops while an action movie protagonist yells something like, "Hurry up Q, we need that door!" But hackers were wreaking havoc well before the internet went public in 1993, and even getting arrested for it. John Draper, also known as Captain Crunch, is considered by many to be one of the first major hackers in the 70s, and he tapped into numerous important phone lines. John even claimed he could call President Nixon from a secure line. 


Read about John and other hackers who messed stuff up in the early days of computers. 

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