The Insane Story Behind First KGB Hack

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  • @cybernews
    @cybernews  6 วันที่ผ่านมา +15

    We hope you've enjoyed! In our last explainer, we ran a small contest. The person who won it is honored in this video. Can you find their name?

  • @olokelo
    @olokelo 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +97

    Between crappy VPN/Antivirus ads, news by AI Joe and pretty mediocre podcasts, there are diamond quality videos just like this one.
    That's why I subscribe to CyberNews.

    • @intelparty
      @intelparty 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Bahahaha

    • @UzzyX
      @UzzyX 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      This!

    • @AKAK-rh7lr
      @AKAK-rh7lr 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Mullvad #1!

    • @JoeRogansForehead
      @JoeRogansForehead 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Sounds like a paid post

    • @Un_Pour_Tous
      @Un_Pour_Tous 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      I need a dodgy link to go too.

  • @kaotiskhund
    @kaotiskhund 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +25

    Congrats on doing this video. I learnt about Hagbard, Pengo, their team, what they were doing with KGB, their personal stories and of course CCC from a local computer magazine around late 90's or early 00's, never found anyone else mentioning them in youtube and back then in general english speaking internet parts. Pengo's story and skills was also very impressive (he is said that on an online fight with an admin, he developed a worm, possibly the first ever created, cause admin asked him to leave or something like this). Plenty of lessons can be taken from this story. For real, BRAVO! Literally, this story is imprinted in my mind, for YEARS, read it again and again so I could grasp every detail the story was talking about! :) THANK YOU!!! and happy new year btw ;)

    • @StanLeeStanley
      @StanLeeStanley 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Forums are inspiring

  • @Simpforizzy
    @Simpforizzy 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +94

    imagine having million dollars of tech and getting hacked by an email 😭

    • @abdiganiaden
      @abdiganiaden 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +18

      It still happens today

    • @LeoDaV
      @LeoDaV 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@abdiganiadeneveryday

    • @CSgof___yourself
      @CSgof___yourself 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@abdiganiadenyup

    • @StanLeeStanley
      @StanLeeStanley 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

      Imagine having a trillion dollars in hardware, hundreds of thousands of global employees, all the resources on the planet, and losing to one guy with like one iPhone

    • @aieverythingsfine
      @aieverythingsfine 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      That’s still bread and butter mate.
      In fact I dare say it’s number 1

  • @MaxMusterman_
    @MaxMusterman_ วันที่ผ่านมา

    So nice to see all the Old pics once again, thank you

  • @PuscH311
    @PuscH311 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +22

    The film 23 is also about Karl Koch.

    • @alexandershendi7428
      @alexandershendi7428 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Also available on YT.

    • @LocoMafia4Life
      @LocoMafia4Life 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Came here to say that. Its an amazing movie. One of my favorites. Watched it many many times

  • @mattilindstrom
    @mattilindstrom 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    In my early university days when the internet was young, the US cut Finland off because of a hacking incident. There were serious diplomatic efforts to mend the situation. Imagine something like that happening in the modern day.

  • @andrewalonsi
    @andrewalonsi 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

    Anyone else find cyber-crime documentaries much more fascinating than true-crime murder documentaries?? This video was phenomenal!

    • @tooombay11
      @tooombay11 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      The Cuckoo’s Egg is a detailed book on the whole story written by Stoll himself. Very good.

    • @caseymckenzie8065
      @caseymckenzie8065 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

      No they can be equally boring

  • @Yuzugumi000
    @Yuzugumi000 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +31

    Body was "burned thrououghly enough to get rid of any identifying info" yet was still determined to be Hagbards body? How?

    • @StanLeeStanley
      @StanLeeStanley 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +9

      Yeah this science stuff doesn’t seem realistic someone should call the cops

    • @aieverythingsfine
      @aieverythingsfine 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Good question

    • @a2pabmb2
      @a2pabmb2 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

      I mean, his car was nearby. Seems like a pretty good guess.

    • @AKAK-rh7lr
      @AKAK-rh7lr 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

      Teeth brah, shit can withstand over 1,500° for over 60 minutes. Even then, fragments will still remain.

    • @AKAK-rh7lr
      @AKAK-rh7lr 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@StanLeeStanley🤣🤣

  • @MinnnDe
    @MinnnDe 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    This is the first video outside of the AI dude that I wanted to watch! Keep these coming wonderful story telling!! 🤙✨👏

  • @MaxUgly
    @MaxUgly 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    1:05 love how the 'microchip schematic' looks as complex as the crystal radio project my grandpa passed down to me.
    I'm being a smart a$$ but also subbing. I love this kind of content, well done!

  • @subpar5360
    @subpar5360 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    Just found this channel. I'm hooked. Keep it up!

  • @tim7443
    @tim7443 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    The way my neurons activated when he said the names benson and hedges together

  • @HandsomeGenius
    @HandsomeGenius 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +11

    Inaccurate to say most cyber criminals are caught using a honeypot

  • @lloydbush
    @lloydbush 3 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    By the way the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is now a serious organization and on occasion advisor to the german government. It upholds the core principles of information freedom, personal liberties and net neutrality. The club has come a long way since the 80s without losing themselves or their chaos for that matter.

  • @Tony-Pino
    @Tony-Pino 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +7

    Benson, Hedges...the hacker must have been a smoker!

  • @theadamtron
    @theadamtron 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    You should check out the documentary "into the realm" that documents the Australian hacking groups that were operating at the same time and had a connection with the Germans.

  • @RichardBaran
    @RichardBaran 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    4:32 on the end user's side this used to be a thing with outlook. You didn't have to have anything miss configured you just had to open a bad email and macros would allow it to inject things it otherwise shouldn't be able to.

  • @0therun1t21
    @0therun1t21 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I've heard the other end of this story, the tracking of these guys, so this is great, thank you!

  • @fotogiovanni6599
    @fotogiovanni6599 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    The Cuckoo's Egg (Cliff Stoll) & Cyber Punk (Katie Hafner and John Markoff), both good reads.

  • @EffigyOfCorrectOpinions
    @EffigyOfCorrectOpinions 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    Algorithm viewer: sick visuals and great storytelling

  • @dimitrijestankovic6199
    @dimitrijestankovic6199 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Great explanation and great story.Keep up.

  • @kk_elias
    @kk_elias 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Your animation style is beautiful! Keep it up, great work!

  • @ChrispyChris3
    @ChrispyChris3 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Got a new sub. I enjoyed the video!

  • @gamereditor59ner22
    @gamereditor59ner22 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    Cool documentary!!

  • @faintiam2070
    @faintiam2070 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

    4:37 .. .rforward file giving 80s sysadmins the middle finger

  • @Ezbee2041
    @Ezbee2041 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Srsly... the movie about Karl Koch (the Title is "23 - nichts ist wie es scheint") is totally awesome and an absoulute must for everyone slightly interested in this thematic. also the soundtrack is insanely good.

  • @Ophanim_Cherub1.4
    @Ophanim_Cherub1.4 15 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Just subscribed. Thx for reminding me 😅

  • @derekpapin2181
    @derekpapin2181 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Maybe it’s just me but I really don’t mind a sponsorship ad get that bag just put a bar under so I can skip to the end🤣

  • @hashfors
    @hashfors 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Dodos actually made the modern internet using their cousins, the pigeons.. been running for 34m years

  • @StanLeeStanley
    @StanLeeStanley 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Hundreds of computers sounds like an understatement

  • @remzdbest7223
    @remzdbest7223 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Very interesting story 🔥

  • @robertkerr4199
    @robertkerr4199 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It's about time someone covered Karl Koch's story.

    • @mihalachebogdan1
      @mihalachebogdan1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

      Where have you heard about his story if i may ask ?

    • @robertkerr4199
      @robertkerr4199 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@mihalachebogdan1 I first heard about it in 1995. His website Seti23 was literally the first thing I found when I first went on the internet. I was looking for the Seti website, found him instead..

  • @johnconnor2478
    @johnconnor2478 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    great doc! thx ❤

  • @RichardBaran
    @RichardBaran 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    21:42 wow that's a hell of a way to go out.

  • @nicolashoward4006
    @nicolashoward4006 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This was so cool thank you for this content!

  • @RichardBaran
    @RichardBaran 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    14:30 information should be accessible to everyone. Well mostly (maybe not nuclear secrets) if every side knew what the other side was doing, might just help stop wars or more wars lol

  • @loganmacgyver2625
    @loganmacgyver2625 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    I mean, would it have been that hard to have caller ID on Berkley and Bremen and look that up in a phone book?

    • @TobiKellner
      @TobiKellner 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +4

      Caller ID was introduced in 1993 in the US, even later in Germany.
      As the video explains, it seems back then you had to physically measure which circuits had electricity to track a call. Which is why they needed him to download a huge file, to keep him connected long enough.

  • @slimeeeeeeeeeeeaz
    @slimeeeeeeeeeeeaz 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    well if the military had a secret plan named “operation new jet fighter” it wouldn’t be very secret

  • @Qwerty-he7ib
    @Qwerty-he7ib 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Спасибо за интересный выпуск.. С любовью из России.

  • @devicemodder
    @devicemodder 2 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    A great documentary on this is a film called The KGB, the computer and me. Told by the person who tracked the hackers down

  • @spookisghostly4619
    @spookisghostly4619 4 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    To be fair he'd be more valuable to any government alive so the idea of him going out on his own terms isn't crazy

  • @BOOSTEDDUDE
    @BOOSTEDDUDE 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Fun documentary about these cyber punks.

  • @mrnemo204
    @mrnemo204 5 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    If you want to see the American side just watch "The Computer, the KGB and Me"

  • @jedaaa
    @jedaaa วันที่ผ่านมา

    Anybody know of any other books other than Stoll's on this?
    I'd be fascinated to learn more!

  • @martin22336
    @martin22336 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +2

    14:07 he wasn’t wrong.

  • @supremepartydude
    @supremepartydude 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +3

    I’m old enough and a news junkie enough to verify this story is true. I have seen it published before

  • @eldraque4556
    @eldraque4556 วันที่ผ่านมา

    sic, love it, like the illuminatus trilogy

  • @shivanisharma2761
    @shivanisharma2761 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Superb' every second is very interesting,can you tell how you have done starting animation

  • @mihalachebogdan1
    @mihalachebogdan1 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Incredible video !

  • @intelparty
    @intelparty 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +5

    The Cookcoos Egg story, in a video?

    • @sneekeruk
      @sneekeruk 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Thought it sounded familiar within about 30 seconds.. Wierd that 3 years earlier I lived near Hannover, however I was only 7 or 8 at the time. Just noticed.. the book is on the desk.

  • @ArnoNym69
    @ArnoNym69 6 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    thank you very much for this well researched and presented story of the hackerscene in EU. I really recommend the movie 23 ...... from germany , but there is a successor of this movie trying to explain who sergej was etc.... i do not wanna spoil please see it for yourself.

  •  วันที่ผ่านมา

    First law of probability is: "If there is a greater than 0% chance of any event occurring, it will occur." Conspiracy theories are just stories we make up in our minds or others minds and we choose to believe or disbelieve... Until they happen. More simply, if you can imagine it, then maybe you can make it true.

  • @Dara-wk5ty
    @Dara-wk5ty 7 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    I wanted to watch the Russian Hacker Video again and this suddenly appeared on my feed

  • @melbatoast.
    @melbatoast. 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Okay but how in the hell was he supposed to have prevented a wildfire in his self immolation? The theory is dead right there imo

  • @PeacefulRS
    @PeacefulRS 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I don't even have to watch this. I've listened to the cuckoo's egg like a dozen times I knew exactly what you were referring to with the title lol.

  • @Siktah
    @Siktah 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Theres a cool german movie called '23' from 1998 about this.

  • @ninafitz
    @ninafitz 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Where can I listen to the song dedicated to Hagbard?

  • @shadow.banned
    @shadow.banned 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I'm noticing people put up German flags in my area and high on the hills. And I'm getting weird NN energy in the LA area.

  • @David-210
    @David-210 2 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Boris...

  • @ProperGander011
    @ProperGander011 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The mad scientist has created a monster. History rhyming for ya right therrrr

  • @thaichicken0210
    @thaichicken0210 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    22:23 thank you for the subtitle translation! It's very difficult to read though. You might have done better with a title card with bigger text on a solid background.

  • @JohnDoe-wf1tl
    @JohnDoe-wf1tl 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    there is another german hacker case like this. Boris Florici aka tron

  • @cortezchicitybarber3925
    @cortezchicitybarber3925 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Definitely can’t just wake up and open TH-cam and jump into something this deep. I thought this said how Gene Hackman sold us secrets to the kgb…. I was like oh shit Gene Hackman was a spy 😂😂😂😂

  • @RichardBaran
    @RichardBaran 4 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    A million buck to get in the dod, wow that's cheap

  • @rock3times
    @rock3times 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    German do not kill one of their own...
    Guess who killed Karl Koch...!!!

  • @kalcampbell6580
    @kalcampbell6580 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Bruh you definitely got a face for radio

  • @hjhuber7929
    @hjhuber7929 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Watch the movie "23". It's their story.

  • @Alwaysgrowing1234
    @Alwaysgrowing1234 8 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    😂 dude they put Pedro on blast. He was just there drug dealer

  • @suyash5648
    @suyash5648 20 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    blud literally used a cigarette brand as an alias

  • @markphelt6395
    @markphelt6395 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    16:15 how apropos. IYKYK

  • @anthonycava5849
    @anthonycava5849 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    Carl , what?

  • @justanoob111
    @justanoob111 วันที่ผ่านมา +1

    Looks like Hagbard was right

  • @Conorscorner
    @Conorscorner 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    What wtf is I'm watching

  • @john6291
    @john6291 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Falcon & the Snowman

  • @ajax5472
    @ajax5472 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

    14:00 100% true

  • @HustleGrind-ff1xv
    @HustleGrind-ff1xv 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Based german?

  • @Voltsii-
    @Voltsii- 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This is what we need!!! i do like joe tho 🤣

  • @5ergius
    @5ergius 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    WTF... 🤯

  • @pinkjoys1127
    @pinkjoys1127 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Drink the wine

  • @مولودهارون-ض6ح
    @مولودهارون-ض6ح 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    OK 👍👌🙋💯😌🧠👔📚🔭🎇🕊️

  • @Joking646
    @Joking646 7 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Wassup

  • @Emc4421
    @Emc4421 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    woahhh.

  • @anthonycava5849
    @anthonycava5849 22 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    At first it seemed like a pretty cool video.But i can smell a bullshit artist.When I see/ hear them.

  • @iamfinkyuk
    @iamfinkyuk 5 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I stopped watching when I saw your radio mike. This isn't radio.

  • @oggatog3698
    @oggatog3698 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

    15:09 that philosophy is usually attributed to hackers: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free
    also, computer phreaks and hackers are different groups with significant overlap