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I think perhaps not everyone that would want to participate had their career in software security though, and I can imagine some other software sectors where th
by kbenson 6y ago
I think perhaps not everyone that would want to participate had their career in software security though, and I can imagine some other software sectors where they might look unkindly on the relationship. E.g. Someone working deep in the bowels of some company in the financial sector but their hobbies are more diverse.
- tptacek 6y agoThat's funny, because a plurality of the O.G. Phrack crew wound up working in security in finance, particularly at the i-banks.
- happyconcepts 6y agomaafakaz!
- kbenson 6y agoYou know, I might be conflating phrack with 2600 in my head. IIRC (which is by no means guaranteed) 2600 was (is?) a bit more edgy, but I was regularly reading both at around the same time in the early 2000's, so some of my ideas about them might be mixed after all this time.
- NateLawson 6y agoHacking became "cool" for the corporate world in the late 90's. Movies like The Matrix and the fact that nothing too valuable was online yet meant that getting hacked was likely just web site defacement. Meanwhile, there was finally real money to be made in developing security for when the web finally became worth protecting.