The Samy Worm: How a 19 Year Old Crashed MySpace with 4KB of Code
The Samy Worm: How a 19 Year Old Crashed MySpace with 4KB of Code On October 4, 2005, Samy Kamkar released one of the most legendary hacks in internet history. He was 19 years old. His worm infected over one million MySpace users in 20 hours and forced the entire platform offline. How It Started […]
The Silent Invasion: How Modern Hackers Are Breaking In Without Breaking Anything
The Silent Invasion: How Modern Hackers Are Breaking In Without Breaking Anything Forget movie hackers typing frantically while servers explode. In 2025, the most dangerous cybercriminals don’t smash through digital walls. They walk through your front door using keys you didn’t know you left out. The game has changed. Today’s hackers discovered something: Why break […]
The Welchia Worm Wars: When Vigilante Code Tried to Save the Internet
The Welchia Worm Wars: When Vigilante Code Tried to Save the Internet In summer 2003, a strange digital battle played out across the internet. Two computer worms fought each other on hundreds of thousands of computers worldwide. One worm attacked systems and caused chaos. The other tried to fix the damage. The second worm had […]
FROM MARKETING TO CYBERSECURITY CHAMPION: HOW LISA PLAGGEMIER IS BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE
FROM MARKETING TO CYBERSECURITY CHAMPION: HOW LISA PLAGGEMIER IS BRIDGING THE DIGITAL DIVIDE Lisa Plaggemier runs the National Cybersecurity Alliance. She didn’t start by hunting vulnerabilities or writing code. She sold cars and built brands. THE AUTOMOTIVE YEARS Plaggemier graduated from the University of Michigan with degrees in marketing, psychology, and German. She joined Ford […]
George Hotz: The Hacker Who Unlocked Freedom and Shaped Modern Cybersecurity
George Hotz: The Hacker Who Unlocked Freedom and Shaped Modern Cybersecurity At seventeen, George Hotz (known online as “geohot”) unlocked Apple’s first iPhone. He bypassed AT&T’s carrier restrictions and sparked a revolution in digital rights. This wasn’t just a technical feat. He proved that users should control the devices they own. This philosophy would define […]
The Teen Who Hacked GTA 6 From a Hotel Room
The Teen Who Hacked GTA 6 From a Hotel Room In September 2022, over 90 clips of unreleased Grand Theft Auto VI appeared online. The source? An 18 year old in a UK hotel room using an Amazon Fire TV Stick, a hotel TV, and his phone. This is the story of Arion Kurtaj. Early […]
The Albert Gonzalez Story: How One Hacker Stole 170 Million Credit Cards
The Albert Gonzalez Story: How One Hacker Stole 170 Million Credit Cards Albert Gonzalez pulled off the biggest credit card theft in American history. He compromised over 170 million payment card accounts and caused nearly $200 million in losses. His story changed how the entire payment processing industry thinks about security. From Prodigy to Criminal […]
The 2012 sl1nk SCADA Breach: When One Hacker Exposed Global Infrastructure Weakness
The 2012 sl1nk SCADA Breach: When One Hacker Exposed Global Infrastructure Weakness What Happened In December 2012, a hacker named sl1nk broke into industrial control systems across nine countries. These systems run critical infrastructure. Think power grids, water treatment plants, and manufacturing facilities. sl1nk posted proof online. Screenshots showed administrative access to systems in France, […]
Jonathan James: The Teenager Who Hacked NASA
Jonathan James: The Teenager Who Hacked NASA Jonathan Joseph James broke into NASA and the Pentagon at 15 years old. He downloaded $1.7 million in proprietary software and intercepted thousands of military emails. Then he went to prison. Eight years later, he took his own life at 24. This is his story. The Digital Prodigy […]