The History of Hacking

Here it is.

So Captain Cruch wasn’t the guy who figured it out first. Its also funny that they complain about having to call the phone company to lock down the trunks. I guess those were the days before the 1850hz TASI locking frequency.


There were rules to stay safe:

1. Don’t mess with your parent phone company
2. Don’t mess with MCI
3. Don’t mess with a phone number that doesn’t ring first (indicates Instant ANI)


When/if you watch this pay attention to the people and what they have in common. Hacking and the spirit of the internet is arguably overcoming handicaps and leveraging open infrastructure. Also realize that these were the days before the common person could afford business computers.

“He could see things that other people don’t see; and make connections that other people don’t make.”