White hat, gray hat, black hat: no, we're not talking about hat styles, but hackers. What are they, how do they differ, and are all of them super-evil?
White hat, gray hat, black hat: no, we're not talking about hat styles, but hackers. What are they, how do they differ, and are all of them super-evil?
This is a true documentary that took place at Def Con 9 in Las Vegas, 2001.
The people interviewed in this documentary used their ... all » computer hacker handles and did not reveal their true identities. They have volunteered to answer questions about the computer underground and the problems facing the entire computer industry.
This is the very first episode of the Net Cafe series. It was shot on location at a cybercafe in San Francisco called CoffeeNet. It looks at the hacker culture and their influence on the early growth of the internet. Guests include Dan Farmer, author of SATAN and COPS; Elias Levi (aka Aleph 1), webmaster of underground.org and Bugtraq; also "Reid Fleming" and "White Knight" from Cult of the Dead Cow. Originally broadcast in 1996.
A young boy is arrested by the US Secret Service for writing a computer virus and is banned from using a computer until his 18th birthday. Years later, he and his new-found friends discover a plot to unleash a dangerous computer virus, but they must use their computer skills to find the evidence while being pursued by the Secret Service and the evil computer genius behind the virus.