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On August 10, 1988, 11-year-old Seattle resident Dade Murphy crashed 1507 computers, causing a 7 point drop in the New York Stock Exchange. His family was fined
by BugsJustFindMe 5y ago
On August 10, 1988, 11-year-old Seattle resident Dade Murphy crashed 1507 computers, causing a 7 point drop in the New York Stock Exchange. His family was fined $45,000, and he was legally forbidden from touching a computer until he turned 18 years old. They made a documentary film about it 7 years later in 1995.
- ncrmro 5y agoWas Hackers referencing a real event?
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- loloquwowndueo 5y agoNo, parent is just joking :) The general idea of the original zerocool hack does bear a slight resemblance to the Morris worm. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm
- toomuchtodo 5y agoIt borrows heavily from 1980s cyberpunk/hacker culture [1]. Tangentially, the CFAA was originally passed after Reagan saw the Wargames film [2] and told Congress to send him legislation to address what he thought was the issue [3]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_security_hacking_incidents#1980s https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_security_hacking_incid... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarGames [3] https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1400839225918967808 https://twitter.com/doctorow/status/1400839225918967808
- ElectronShak 5y agoPaul Graham is mentioned [1] in the Wikipedia article. Small world eh [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm#:~:text=however%2C%20Morris%27%20colleague-,Paul%20Graham,-claimed%2C%20%22I%20was https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm#:~:text=however%...
- ganoushoreilly 5y agoHack the Planet!
- mindcrime 5y agoThey're trashing our rights! They're trashing, trashing!!!
- lamontcg 5y agoRISC architecture is going to change everything
- ganoushoreilly 5y agoCrazy to think "THE Plague" and "Ben" from Short Circuit 2 are the same actor.