Even “MacGyver” is no match for an AOL security breach
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A computer security consultant loses his Instant Messenger account to a hacker, who finds the screen name too good to give up. BY DAVID CASSELHabeeb Dihu chose the name “MacGyver” for his America Online instant messaging account because, like the TV detective, he was adept at tinkering with equipment. But on Feb. 8 the Chicago computer security consultant encountered a problem even the real MacGyver.....

90s Hackers
90s Hackers
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Johan Helsingius,also known as Julf, was the manager of the world's most famous anonymous remailer, penet.fi. He eventually shut it down in September 1996 because police claimed the Church of Scientology suffered damages due to people leaking their secrets while concealing them using Helsingius's remailing service. The service operated solely on a 486 computer and a 200-megabyte hard drive. John Draper,also known as Cap'n Crunch,.....

RANT | WEB & THE E/N SCENE
RANT | WEB & THE E/N SCENE
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Lol pretty god damn close. I remember always creating some sort of 90s website whether it was video game cheat codes, southpark, pokemon or whatever I was really feeling at that time. Later evolving into one of the scenes that I loved the most . The E/N (Everything/Nothing) or "blogs". We called them E/N Sites because they consisted of content that was basically "everything" and.....
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