Wow bought the system from pacific bell and not once did pacific bell tell them about security. It is crazy that att and pac bell wont admit they screwed up and instead say the business needs to pay them $300K. It would be different if the business had their own system, but they paid the phone company for the system.
Definitely not the 80's. End-to-end 56kb and Windows 3.11, use of the word 'hackers', video instead of film, and the clothing; give it away. The techs are also all very much early 90's.
@@The_Conspiracy_Analyst The computer the hacker was using was running ProComm on Windows 3.1 This was early 90s since Windows 3.1 was released in 1992.
Back then I had a minimum wage job tracking that down at many companies. It was pretty prevalent. I was very good at shutting the scams down but the place that hired me to do it wouldn't give me a raise after a year so I left and only then realized how much more I could get paid elsewhere, for doing actual engineering. The place I left had no idea how to do what I did so the backlog of work just sat once I left. I think many companies were just content to take the losses on their taxes.
I won't admit to anything that might be used against me in a court of law but I dabbled in this scene in the early 90s and would never have done it for a profit. I did it for fun and to learn something interesting. There were a ton of Mexican and Puerto Rican kids in my school and I would help them call their friends back home but never asked for money, although I would accept a home cooked meal once in a while.
I immediately noticed that right off the bat. They didn't care about the monopoly power of the companies, just shaming people who dared take advantage of it a little bit. AT&T blaming that Alexon business guy...SMH. Just like they cover your random crook who are a few hundred in lottery theft but not the billions stolen in wage theft.
I used to hack so many MCI long distance codes as a teenager in the 80's. It was so easy for me.
10:49 first time I've seen a spokesperson freeze like that... It was glorious.
Paperclip to a dial tone, then remob:)
Wow bought the system from pacific bell and not once did pacific bell tell them about security. It is crazy that att and pac bell wont admit they screwed up and instead say the business needs to pay them $300K. It would be different if the business had their own system, but they paid the phone company for the system.
Definitely not the 80's. End-to-end 56kb and Windows 3.11, use of the word 'hackers', video instead of film, and the clothing; give it away. The techs are also all very much early 90's.
yeah I was guessing like 94
@@The_Conspiracy_Analyst The computer the hacker was using was running ProComm on Windows 3.1 This was early 90s since Windows 3.1 was released in 1992.
the 80s still relied on film? interesting. didn't know that. good observation.
Back then I had a minimum wage job tracking that down at many companies. It was pretty prevalent. I was very good at shutting the scams down but the place that hired me to do it wouldn't give me a raise after a year so I left and only then realized how much more I could get paid elsewhere, for doing actual engineering. The place I left had no idea how to do what I did so the backlog of work just sat once I left. I think many companies were just content to take the losses on their taxes.
this was just the tip of the iceberg with phreaking. I was born too late but I seen a few things, even house lines were easy to take over in person
i could use a cb radio to tap into and speak into a land line ,if i remember correctly i used channel 9
I don't know dude, I saw a guy out beige boxing yesterday. He wasn't a lineman either
Esquire magazine. October, 1971. Article title: "Secrets of the little blue box" That made this stuff from the 1980s look very tame by comparison...
I won't admit to anything that might be used against me in a court of law but I dabbled in this scene in the early 90s and would never have done it for a profit. I did it for fun and to learn something interesting. There were a ton of Mexican and Puerto Rican kids in my school and I would help them call their friends back home but never asked for money, although I would accept a home cooked meal once in a while.
Ed Bradley from 60 Minutes.
Im laughing so hard at this, fucking awesome! Oh those poor multimillion dollar communications conglomerates 🤣🤣🤣
EXACTLY 😂
I am curious to know -- did Alexon pay this bill ? :)
@4:00 AT&T was so full of shit. And still is today.
Weird, mainstream news taking a corporations side...I guess its a day that ends in "Y".
I immediately noticed that right off the bat. They didn't care about the monopoly power of the companies, just shaming people who dared take advantage of it a little bit. AT&T blaming that Alexon business guy...SMH.
Just like they cover your random crook who are a few hundred in lottery theft but not the billions stolen in wage theft.
The poor victims!!
Did they really just forget to blur out those 2 dudes faces?
Violates journalistic standards to protect a monopoly corporation.
They're wearing fake beards dude.
@@ConernicusRex they’re wearing full-face prosthetics, wigs, the whole nine.
@@anticom6099 cool you made the whole list… the fuck did you think this added?
@@anticom6099yeah that’s actually pretty cool how they did that back in the day
large shoulder pads from the host
Nothing has changed in Los Angeles lol
@6:21 That's a BBS, not a PBX
11:12 the girls brain rebooted
Does this still exist
Who do you know that's willing to pay $10 to avoid having to pay for a long distance toll call?
@@danielp3289 haha NO
$10 in 1980 = $37 in 2023. Long distance calls back then were expensive, especially international calls.
Not in the age where you can call the world for free
Lol reach out and hurt someone