Former famed hacker/phone phreaker John Draper, aka“ Captain Crunch,” recently spoke in Bogotá, Colombia at “Campus Party,” an annual 7-day, 24-hour festival that connects online communities,phone gamers, programmers, bloggers, governments, universities and students. Campus Party organizers promoted John’s visit expertly, and when John arrived there was no shortage of fans seeking his autograph.
(Bogota, Colombia) The life of yank John Draper altered because of a whistle (from) Captain Crisis cereal boxes. Crunchman or even Captain Meltdown, is known as Draper, designed their own doll, a azure box (blue box), to generate phone hacking…The actual whistle of Skipper Crunch (Captain Crunch) cereal developed a sound with a frequency of 2,600 hertz… “How performed your life?” I became not popular until I’d been arrested with 1972. It was a time of good insecurity along with uncertainty. This helped me to find out and to separate myself via people I can put in danger…
Kevin Mitnick, the jet-setting, reformed-hacker-turned-Internet security consultant, received a VIP welcome in Macedonia where he was amused to stand in front of a billboard promoting his visit. The event was held at the Hotel Aleksander Palace in Skopje where Mitnick shared his expertise on the topics of his best-selling books, “The Art of Deception,” and “The Art of Intrusion.”
The billboard also advertises a bi-lingual web site created just to promote his visit. Check it out: http://mitnickmacedonia.mk. It’s impressive.
When John Draper aka Captain Crunch is on form, great things happen. A legend in the hacking community, he taught others how to avoid long distance charges using the infamous Blue Box. He went on to invent EasyWriter, the first ever word processor for the Apple II – the world’s first word processor designed for the general public.
A 20-something named Austin Heap has found the perfect disguise for dissidents in their cyberwar against the world’s dictators.
The Hackbus, owned by EvilMoFo and Fpenguin, is a 1956 GM bus that has been converted to a living room on wheels. It’s mission: to transport hackers to conferences and other events. “While the sole purpose is just transportation, the bus is loaded with technological features and creature comforts such as air conditioning, a navigation more »
I went to my first “Toxic BBQ” which takes place on DefCon Eve. There are all kinds of characters at DefCon 18 – every shape, color, size, hairstyle, and skill. Some hackers cook on the grill. Others juggle. And still others drive the big old jalopy of a vehicle now known as the beloved HackBus. more »
Ironically I was driving a reformed hacker friend to the airport when we got stuck behind a big white truck with this symbol on it. He noticed it first, started laughing, and pointed it out to me. Hilarious. I had no idea there was a National Association for Information Destruction. Certified, even. I think it more »
These were taken with an iPhone.
