Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus? Who is the most influential hacker in history? How did hacking work before the internet? Have hackers ever taken down a government website? Do VPNs really offer the anonymity we think they do? What is a firewall and how does it work? Answers to these questions and many more await on Hacking History Support.
0:00 Hacking History Support
0:19 The most influential hacker ever
1:00 Hack: Origins
2:08 Vintage hacking
3:37 Have hackers ever taken down a government website?
4:42 Signal encryption/open-source
6:07 How much cyber security was there in the 90s?
8:19 Stuxnet virus
9:37 Sarcasm level readings are off the charts, captain.
10:46 Would you ban TikTok
12:00 Election security
12:53 ILOVEYOU
13:16 WannaCry
14:20 How can hackers shut down a pipeline?
15:48 What is a firewall and how does it work?
16:40 Do VPNs really offer the anonymity we think they do?
18:55 Mom, Elmo needs to know our routing number
20:12 Are password managers secure
21:54 How likely are you to catch a computer virus?
23:01 What hack has caused the most damage?
23:40 the CIA triad
24:10 What was the name of the first computer virus?
24:50 Freakin’ Phone Phreaking
26:10 Shrek 2 (2004)
Director: Jackie Phillips
Director of Photography: Grant Bell
Editor: Alex Mechanik
Expert: Jeff Crume
Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen
Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer
Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst
Sound Mixer: Paul Cornett
Set Designer: Liliana Starck
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino
Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo
Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito
Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow
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Tyrone Biggums is asking questions IT questions? I thought all he cared about was smoking rocks? 🤣
“What hack caused the most damage” That’s a toss up between Michael bay and Roland Emmerich.
awesome video, the problem with hacking and getting scammed online are just going to get frequent and bigger
12:00 Well, the Brazilian STF din’t take the video down or added a context info yet.
Nice very nice video, fantastic answers due to great questions
So there are black hats and grey hats. Got it.
Paper ballots for sure
Never use MFA. It’s safer to just not click “remember password” or “remember me”. If a service demands MFA RUN AWAY FAST!
this guy is obviousley not a real hacker
he is not wearing leather gloves and a ski mask
The malware pulled a Wanda and went everywhere looking for its kids, so that hacker dude put its kids on that website, and it finally stopped merc’ing the marvel universe.
People are the first and last line of defence, everything else is either technical or brute-force
Which hack caused the most damage?
Australia’s current PM, Anthony Albanese!
Oh, you mean in tech…. my bad!
I think gravity falls got hacking right with the laptop thing with the pasword and the illuminati eye guy (bill chypher). It’s a whole mess hard to explain
While the internet has done good (email, convenient job applications, podcasts’ etc.), it’s done a lot *more* harm
This guy sounds like one of the AI voices on elevelabs lmao
This video is a total masterpiece!
Great video!
I would love to know how accurate Sneakers was. That is a great example of needing to have physical access to data before the internet.
This is a great format. Nice one