This is still my favourite personal hackery/security story, and the only one I have ever written about where I am on the naughty-side of the desk.
Different times!
https://artofsecurity.com/2011/humble
#Security #InfoSec #Hacking #DEC #VAX #VMS #Teletype #Blog #History #UniversityofLeicester #FoiledAgain
Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange
Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992
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Lorry
@lorry@infosec.exchange
Leading online #policy & #enforcement for 40 years. I left as head of Safety and Advocacy for #OkCupid after 9 years with #MatchGroup where I worked in T&S, data governance, legal compliance, DEI, realistic wellness, and ethics then became a #Whistleblower Formerly worked in IT Security. Probably the world's first non-US-government hacker-catcher, head of commercial security for British Telecom, 2nd (and longest serving) #IRC Operator outside of Finland - And all that #MUD & #MIST stuff. Old posts: https://mstdn.social/@Lorry/ Why I left Match Group? . https://bit.ly/dateinside (BBC Documentary) . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-1 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-2 . https://bit.ly/okcupid-safety-3 . https://bit.ly/dating-site-ripoff You get the idea! Old man shouts at clouds: . First article I wrote online that still exists: 1988 . Oldest email address I use daily: 1989 . First Phrack hate: 1991 (Phrack 35) . Oldest domain name: 1992 . First academic paper on social media: 1992
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