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Official Mastodon for hack.history #YouTube channel, covering the #history of #phreaks, #hacking & #hacktivism as well as the portrayal of #hackers in pop culture.

If you are interested in #digitalhumanities, #anthropology, ASCII art, #retrocomputing, tech #histodons toots or just really curious about hackers then there will be content here for you.

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[realhackhistory@home]# · 6w
Question for tech Mastodon and history Mastodon or digital humanities people with an interest in cybersecurity, has anyone ever written an early history of webshells? It’s yet another “basic” th...
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If anyone wants to read me rant a bit about how you might assume the history of hacking would be a slam dunk because it should all be digital records but actually it is a confusing mess look here:
https://realhackhistory.org/2024/10/22/muddled-history-of-the-digital-underground-why-realhackhistory-exists/
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Davi Ottenheimer · 6w
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Question for tech Mastodon and history Mastodon or digital humanities people with an interest in cybersecurity, has anyone ever written an early history of webshells? It’s yet another “basic” thing that I can’t find any real written account of.

Please retoot for reach.
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[realhackhistory@home]# · 6w
If anyone wants to read me rant a bit about how you might assume the history of hacking would be a slam dunk because it should all be digital records but actually it is a confusing mess look here: https://realhackhistory.org/2024/10/22/muddled-history-of-the-digital-underground-why-realhackhistory-e...
wirepair · 12w
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Wish the sun to stand still 🌞 · 15w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq3d8khmk0egptu8f0r6hraxet8y3h46rg2qhx60g9yuefjgggrc8q4jf33n Narrator: And grow it did...
Huubje · 25w
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@nprofile1q... I think the documentary goes into detail but I think that this crew were hitting multiple US businesses that were large enough to get them on the FBI radar and since the Citibank hack in 1994 Russian hackers were considered a big threat.
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Huubje · 25w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq3d8khmk0egptu8f0r6hraxet8y3h46rg2qhx60g9yuefjgggrc8q4jf33n any idea what the Russians were getting out of this?
Huubje · 25w
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Huubje · 25w
nostr:nprofile1qy2hwumn8ghj7un9d3shjtnyd968gmewwp6kyqpq3d8khmk0egptu8f0r6hraxet8y3h46rg2qhx60g9yuefjgggrc8q4jf33n this seems really convoluted. Any idea why?