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aka: Operation Sundevil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil which was actually a multi-year ha

aka: Operation Sundevil - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil which was actually a multi-year hacker crackdown in the early 1990's. -pours one out for all the homies-

ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
They were definitely interesting times. Ripe for a documentary on all of the ridiculousness. To a large extent, it never really ended.
- njharman 7y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown
  - ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
    Great book, but I was more thinking along the lines of all the absolutely insane nightly news clips and TV stuff talking about how hackers can basically destroy the world if they’re even allowed to touch a computer etc. The media were absolutely rabid through most of the 80s and early 90s. I distinctly remember them acting like hackers were worse than terrorists, worse than anything humanity had ever had to deal with. Looking back, it’s almost funny, except many lives were ruined and hackers raided and/or imprisoned because of media hype and fear.
- ethbro 7y ago
  Show Hackers to kids these days, then tell them essentially all the law enforcement stuff was true. (To say nothing of the unrelated Hackers 2)
  - VRay 7y ago
    Some of the exploits that've come to light in the last decade are pretty mind-blowing too If you sent a security expert from today back in time to the 90s, they could basically pull the same ridiculous shenanigans that the characters did in that movie
teilo 7y ago
The EFF claims that the SJG raid was unrelated to Operation Sundevil.
thenewnewguy 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Cyberpunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Cyberpunk > This raid is often wrongly attributed to Operation Sundevil, a nationwide crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities that was occurring about this time.
loydb 7y ago
The SJG raid had nothing to do with Sundevil. Totally different crew. The LOD raids (which SJG got caught up in) were driven by an ambitious district attorney from Chicago.

ObsoleteNerd 7y ago

They were definitely interesting times. Ripe for a documentary on all of the ridiculousness. To a large extent, it never really ended.

njharman 7y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hacker_Crackdown
- ObsoleteNerd 7y ago
  Great book, but I was more thinking along the lines of all the absolutely insane nightly news clips and TV stuff talking about how hackers can basically destroy the world if they’re even allowed to touch a computer etc. The media were absolutely rabid through most of the 80s and early 90s. I distinctly remember them acting like hackers were worse than terrorists, worse than anything humanity had ever had to deal with. Looking back, it’s almost funny, except many lives were ruined and hackers raided and/or imprisoned because of media hype and fear.
ethbro 7y ago
Show Hackers to kids these days, then tell them essentially all the law enforcement stuff was true. (To say nothing of the unrelated Hackers 2)
- VRay 7y ago
  Some of the exploits that've come to light in the last decade are pretty mind-blowing too If you sent a security expert from today back in time to the 90s, they could basically pull the same ridiculous shenanigans that the characters did in that movie

teilo 7y ago

The EFF claims that the SJG raid was unrelated to Operation Sundevil.

thenewnewguy 7y ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Cyberpunk https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GURPS_Cyberpunk > This raid is often wrongly attributed to Operation Sundevil, a nationwide crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities that was occurring about this time.

loydb 7y ago

The SJG raid had nothing to do with Sundevil. Totally different crew. The LOD raids (which SJG got caught up in) were driven by an ambitious district attorney from Chicago.