I don’t remember the year, but I was young. A local (to me) hacking group had a short format live show on public TV. The show was basically answering questions

I don’t remember the year, but I was young. A local (to me) hacking group had a short format live show on public TV. The show was basically answering questions while several people played a lan game of counter-strike. I was invited once to participate as a player. Surprisingly, a lot of people called the show to ask how they could obtain access to their SO’s email account. That experience and the interactions before/after provided me a glimpse of a part of society that had a lasting impact. In hindsight, I was too young to be around whatever that was.