Hackers Testifying at the United States Senate, May 19, 1998 (L0pht Heavy Industries)

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  • @FreezingFroggie
    @FreezingFroggie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1512

    This senate was more knowledgeable about tech 23 years ago, that the one who asked questions to Mark Zuckerberg last year lol.

    • @User9681e
      @User9681e 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      true

    • @JohnSmith-mm9yr
      @JohnSmith-mm9yr 2 ปีที่แล้ว +59

      It's all by design.

    • @Blackwingsss
      @Blackwingsss 2 ปีที่แล้ว +21

      It was just a show against Zuck.

    • @nateup6375
      @nateup6375 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @Not Convinced you're a normie as well.

    • @FR4M3Sharma
      @FR4M3Sharma 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

      @@nateup6375 He's Not Convinced.

  • @FullMetalJackets8344
    @FullMetalJackets8344 9 ปีที่แล้ว +1102

    This was great to see a really enjoyable and civilised conversation between the government and it's citizens.Not something you see very often lol.

    • @justcoolpoole7280
      @justcoolpoole7280 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Hi

    • @elijah2715
      @elijah2715 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yep i loved this video

    • @veritasiumaequitasius3530
      @veritasiumaequitasius3530 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      These are not "its citizens". These 2 are agents of a foreign country that we cannot name here.

    • @Spaceman-Art
      @Spaceman-Art 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      boy this has aged well

    • @citgo7038
      @citgo7038 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@Spaceman-Art how ?

  • @googlegoogle9712
    @googlegoogle9712 2 ปีที่แล้ว +96

    The senators and the hackers are so charismatic and likable that this could easily be a movie scene. Great piece of history here.

  • @Falcrist
    @Falcrist 11 ปีที่แล้ว +737

    If I was asked if it was possible to make an unhackable system, my immediate response would be to ask "is it possible to make a building that can't collapse, a fence that can't be broken, or a boat that can't be sunk?".
    Engineering is a game of risks. The winner of the game is the one who can make those risks immeasurably small, or at least smaller than his competitor.

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon 10 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Its possible to make a building that cant collapse, a fence that cant be broken and a boat that can never sink. its called using technology to its fullest and leaving monetary gain out of it.

    • @Falcrist
      @Falcrist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +104

      Hamguy Bacon Yea, you literally can't do any of those things.
      You can make a building that would be very hard to collapse, a boat that would be extremely difficult to sink, and a strong fence... but nothing is invincible. That's not how engineering works, man.
      Take some classes in physics, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science. The same theme is repeated everywhere.

    • @Falcrist
      @Falcrist 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

      Hamguy Bacon "you can build indestructible objects"
      That's the beautiful thing about the scientific process. If you really believe that it's possible, you have a method by which to convince everyone else. You can either build such an object yourself, or provide some concrete evidence that it can be built. Well... I use the term "can" figuratively here.
      Meanwhile I can just say: "literally nothing in the universe is indestructible." Even what we now presume are the fundamental building blocks of matter are transmutable. Even the universe itself is in a state of flux. Nothing is static and perfect.
      "your thinking is too primitive, you lack any imagination"
      Well, either that, or I actually have the ability to think for myself and come up with methods of destroying that which you think is indestructible. For example:
      "A boat's underside can be coated with nano material, this can cause the boat to be hydrophobic it will never sink."
      Hydrophobia may add a small amount of buoyancy due to the layer of air that gets trapped at the surface, but it certainly won't prevent something from sinking. For most boats, the difference a hydrophobic hull would make would be negligible.
      Interestingly, this is very similar to a misunderstanding that Aristotle had. He suggested that flat objects floated because they were flat... thus confusing buoyancy and surface tension.
      "A building can be built using 3d printed materials which is much stronger than traditional building material and coated with mesh so that it will never fall."
      Actually, 3D printed materials aren't what you want for a project the size of a large building. Our current 3D printing technology doesn't produce materials sufficiently resistant to deformations and stresses to support a structure of more than a few stories high much less produce a structure that is incapable of falling.
      If you were interested in a building that was very difficult to demolish, you should probably look at technologies like graphene and carbon nanotubes... although those are still far away from being ready to apply in industry. Unfortunately even though they're among the strongest materials known to man, they're quite susceptible to destruction by a variety of means.
      Also, if you're trying to build a building that "will never fall", you're going to have to consider the fact that the base of the building is resting upon the earth, which actively shifts around, causing buildings to collapse.
      Of course, despite your idiotic accusations, most of my knowledge isn't from university I study much of this on my own. TH-cam is a great resource to get you started, and you can recreate some of the projects you see on channels like Applied Science to see that they do, in fact, work as advertised.
      So anyway, I'm happy that you agree to such an extent that you've decided to stop posting under my comment. It's greatly appreciated. 😀

    • @razanimusa7147
      @razanimusa7147 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Through *gain tools smart *on Instagram iCloud he was perfect I’m recommend him.thans to him

    • @johneyon5257
      @johneyon5257 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      @@HamguyBacon - and unicorns can fly - they're willing to do so without monetary rewards - in case you miss the point - wishful thinking can't overcome engineering reality - neither can the combined wealth of the Forbes Top 100

  • @goncalopedro9054
    @goncalopedro9054 2 ปีที่แล้ว +321

    This committee earing is A LOT responsible for the first steps that made White Hat Hackers respected and that made society realize their importance for the society itself. The entire mankind owes these men a big THANK YOU, even if they don't realize it!
    Thank you L0pht for being so vocal and for all the security improvements you guys either created or forced to be fixed/created!

  • @saurabhshri
    @saurabhshri 4 ปีที่แล้ว +108

    Wow, the senators are unbelievably receptive. Kudos to them too.

    • @Makaneek5060
      @Makaneek5060 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Right, they didn't follow the computer talk all the way, but I think they got more than enough to get worried.

  • @MrLumberjackz
    @MrLumberjackz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +87

    For those interested, Mudge (Peiter Zatko) went on to work for DARPA in 2010, for Google in 2013 but currently is the head of security for Twitter since 2020

    • @randomrfkov
      @randomrfkov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      I hope he destroys Twitter and leaves at the same time.

    • @thureintun1687
      @thureintun1687 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Thanks I been curious

    • @thureintun1687
      @thureintun1687 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@randomrfkov why??? lol

    • @Words-of-encouragement.-.
      @Words-of-encouragement.-. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@thureintun1687 Twitter is cancer lol

    • @johndorian4078
      @johndorian4078 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thureintun1687 You were curious and couldn't take 2 seconds to type "mudge lopht" into google?

  • @georgewahome
    @georgewahome 8 ปีที่แล้ว +73

    L0pht...i credit you guys for advancement in this industry.... Kudos! Truly inspirational

  • @mtxrawkus
    @mtxrawkus 9 ปีที่แล้ว +112

    Mudge's hair is so metal. \m/

  • @JohnMichaelson
    @JohnMichaelson 2 ปีที่แล้ว +60

    Fred Thompson was an excellent representative, I'm glad he and the others gave the attention and respect that was deserved in this hearing. Not sure such a civil, respectful hearing without endless posturing and partisan primping would happen today.

    • @milagrosripski7679
      @milagrosripski7679 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      It wouldn't and didn't. Few weeks ago the state had 5 top Executive in the crypto field. The hearing lasted 5+ hours of which I watched the whole thing. Most of the current Senate being power hungry mainly concerned with how to control this new tech. Only 3 Reps emphasized the US should not detour this tech by crippling regulations.

    • @bobbycrosby9765
      @bobbycrosby9765 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Never forget the clipper chip.

  • @brunonikodemski2420
    @brunonikodemski2420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    As an older anti-Red/Black/Blue Tempest design engineer, I am very glad that some of this is coming out into the public. The public arena is full of "open-holes" that it is astonishing that more commercial operations and crypto/password data, are not openly hacked. Not surprising that many of these people are Hams, since Ham-radio is able to monitor and Hack these kinds of commercial sendings, via extremely simply means. This has been known for decades.

  • @escrows
    @escrows หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    This was so cool to watch. Very cool look into past hackers who started what we all know today as a common practice. These guys were definition innovators and far beyond their time! Thanks for sharing this Joe!

  • @brendanwallach6350
    @brendanwallach6350 7 ปีที่แล้ว +83

    19 years on and the government still hasn't figured it out

    • @Can-iv8uj
      @Can-iv8uj 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @Not Convinced bro can u explain everything in simple words because I don't know anything about it i am from India my English maybe bad sorry. Can u please explain the whole point of the video

    • @ikaros4203
      @ikaros4203 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      couple thousand more committees and they'll get it

    • @glitchdigger
      @glitchdigger 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol wrong. These guys all work for the government mostly. Mudge helps run DOD netsec honestly lol

    • @KCM25NJL
      @KCM25NJL 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Government: "So you're telling me that all of our citizens are not secured? Say no more"

  • @73h73373r357
    @73h73373r357 5 ปีที่แล้ว +157

    20 years later and things seem to have only gotten worse: While the security tools and techniques may have drastically improved the largest sites on the internet are designed around undermining their users security themselves so that they can sell users data as their primary income source.

    • @ghostpos
      @ghostpos 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Was thinking the same thing.

    • @Stopinvadingmyhardware
      @Stopinvadingmyhardware 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Open Source has taken over too.

    • @vansh8173
      @vansh8173 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      @@Stopinvadingmyhardware open source has been a gift what do you even mean?

    • @qtgiebel
      @qtgiebel 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@vansh8173 I think they mean Open Source has BEEN taken over?

    • @vansh8173
      @vansh8173 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@qtgiebel I don't think so, and it's a very odd thing to say, "open source has been taken over"

  • @Spaceman-Art
    @Spaceman-Art 4 ปีที่แล้ว +53

    Senator Fred Thompson is the member of the committee leading the questions....he appears in Hunt For Red October as Admiral Painter and also acted in Die Hard. Quite a guy.

    • @jasonrist6582
      @jasonrist6582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      he was on Law and Order also, i believe

    • @tanveerhasan2382
      @tanveerhasan2382 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I knew he looked familiar!

  • @Bungumpster
    @Bungumpster 13 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    I have a huge amount of respect for this team and their technical expertise and knowledge. I've been in this industry (programmer, sysadmin, analyst) since the early 90s and l0pht are the SEAL team of geeks.
    I know this is old footage but I wish they had had someone with them who could clearly and succinctly translate their knowledge into short, compelling stories that speaks clearly to the audience they were speaking to.
    Stef is pretty damn close though. Well done.

    • @CreativeB34ST
      @CreativeB34ST 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Joe Grande (kingpin) hacks crypto ledgers on his youtube channel :)

  • @sirkid8553
    @sirkid8553 2 ปีที่แล้ว +116

    Excellent video, thanks for sharing this. Hard to believe this is 1998, almost feels like the 70's or 80's. Really awesome, amazing how much tech has changed since those days of AOL/CompuServe and horrible dialup internet... These kids today, have no idea how slow it was to use the internet back in those days lol...

    • @higgins007
      @higgins007 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      Yeah I fist got online around 1995 and it was the norm to sit and wait while an image loaded line by line.... then the animate gif arrived and you'd watch it load individual frames for about 20 seconds before you saw a 3 second animation!

    • @ThePeacePlant
      @ThePeacePlant ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@higgins007 You probably have no clue what you are talking about and just copied the top comment saying it took 20 seconds to load a 3 second gif

    • @higgins007
      @higgins007 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ThePeacePlant lol, ehm.. ok?

  • @Louthsk8er
    @Louthsk8er 11 ปีที่แล้ว +156

    Imagine bringing down the whole internet in this day and age, society and social structure depends on it. The world would go crazy.

    • @purplemutantas
      @purplemutantas 10 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I would be more concerned with the financial implications than the world simply "going crazy". There is an insane amount of money traveling over the internet. If you crashed the internet the global economy would probably collapse.

    • @Louthsk8er
      @Louthsk8er 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      yeah, its crazy to think about. Its like you are walking on one really weak bridge. It could collapse at any time and you know it.

    • @BruceBates
      @BruceBates 10 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      J Feustel if you knew the first thing about what you were saying you'd know that's a lie. It would take bringing down under 50 backbone global bandwidth providers who supply the bandwidth to every business, isp, and provider on earth. Without the backbones there is nothing accessing anything.

    • @Louthsk8er
      @Louthsk8er 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      J Feustel Drop a nuke on all the facebook servers and see if it still works.

    • @blackopsy9
      @blackopsy9 10 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      Louthsk8er The internet (short for internetworking) is nothing more than the connection of multiple networks. The same way traveling across continents is intercontinental, traveling across networks is internetworking. In order to destroy the internet you would have to cut all of the hard lines running across the globe. That would take quite some time.

  • @JeremySiedzik
    @JeremySiedzik 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    these are the gentlemen that raised me to be what i am today. THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXISTANCE!

  • @v3listube
    @v3listube 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    This feels like a pivotal moment in the tech industry. As someone whom has recently started his foray into cyber security, it's easy to see how important this was.

  • @phonixinflame1296
    @phonixinflame1296 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I cant believe how receptive and well invested the jury was back in the days , i haven't been in the position and i wouldn't want to , but from my research i would say that we need more people in the senate that can get as intellectual towards the systems now a days , great interview well done , hat off , no many would do this now a days , now a days culture is all about profit , and we falling down slowly we don't know where the threat will come from but is there, and some APT will exploit that to the best that they can sooner or later .

  • @kevinjohn3717
    @kevinjohn3717 4 ปีที่แล้ว +86

    Watching now in Nov 2020 Mudge being Twitter's head of security ( Great White Hats 🙌🔥) ... Very inspiring seeing, educative and cheers to the senate committee.
    " If you looking for anonymity internet isn't where to be. "

    • @KennethHenseler
      @KennethHenseler 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Also here from Mudge's Pinned Twitter thread, recommending this video

    • @lagomyeggo
      @lagomyeggo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      No shit.Does he still have the hair?;)

    • @taggerung_
      @taggerung_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @Not Convinced lol what

    • @NeonShadowsx
      @NeonShadowsx 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@taggerung_ do you now know what twitter is? what are you confused about lol

    • @taggerung_
      @taggerung_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@NeonShadowsx im just amused by what he thinks about twitter

  • @intuit13
    @intuit13 11 ปีที่แล้ว +125

    I love how eager they are to tell the senate how much damage they could (easily) cause if a foreign government paid them off. As if they didn't have enough heat on them to begin with back then, lol.

    • @TheCartWizard
      @TheCartWizard 2 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      24:20

    • @sven8866
      @sven8866 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@TheCartWizard U're amazing

  • @Aggelito666
    @Aggelito666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Whoa!! I´m so impressed by You guys! Love that You try to help people and it show that hackers are so important to show us what risks we expose ourselves to.
    Without You we mostly would be clueless...
    Thank You for helping the whole world!!!

    • @someup7786
      @someup7786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You talk about risk while owning an NFT where the jpg is hosted on a server, ahhhh 2022 irony

    • @P-7
      @P-7 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@someup7786 a profile picture isn’t an nft lmao

    • @someup7786
      @someup7786 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@P-7 the only people who use NFTS as pfp are people who own nfts.

    • @lightningchegg4823
      @lightningchegg4823 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@someup7786 sure bud

  • @EmielBlom
    @EmielBlom 10 ปีที่แล้ว +100

    Mudge now works for DARPA and wears a suit :)

    • @DoctorCuriosity
      @DoctorCuriosity 4 ปีที่แล้ว +18

      Six years later, has just moved to Twitter. Interesting times.

    • @rendezvouswithdestiny1717
      @rendezvouswithdestiny1717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I bet he’s removing conservative accounts for questioning the forced clot shot and Democratic propaganda

    • @truegodaries
      @truegodaries 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rendezvouswithdestiny1717 yep

  • @pboytrif1
    @pboytrif1 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    You know you're watching an internet OG when the youtube upload was over 10 years ago.

  • @waterworkss
    @waterworkss 11 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I love the fluent speech and word choice used by these men. Then listen to sports people dribbling there crap!
    Hackers help keep the government honest!

  • @TimTimSlim
    @TimTimSlim 10 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    18:43 Anyone catch the massive foreshadowing?

  • @wilcosec
    @wilcosec 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    This is awesome, and still 100% relevant today.

  • @z0rba566
    @z0rba566 5 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    This is a golden moment in the history for today's widespread commercialism and socialism aspects of the interweb; thanks for uploading sir!

  • @billovoian
    @billovoian 12 ปีที่แล้ว +48

    blast from the past.. I remember working at a datacenter company in Ma in 99 and on my first day sitting with another new guy who was grilling the HR lady for info about the swipe card manufacturer, security etc etc.. it was hilarious to watch this interaction as she couldn't really answer and was stammering.. then i found out who he was; Hobbit.
    If Hobbit reads this just remember i wasn't the one who stole your server that day :)

    • @RockDude84
      @RockDude84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I remember

    • @rendezvouswithdestiny1717
      @rendezvouswithdestiny1717 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@RockDude84 are you really hobbit?

    • @RockDude84
      @RockDude84 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

      No I was just wondering if anybody would reply to that.. sorry 😔

    • @b33byt3
      @b33byt3 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@RockDude84 :( :( :(

    • @taurohnyt617
      @taurohnyt617 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember

  • @JugurthaHadjar
    @JugurthaHadjar 12 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    That old fox is brilliant in the questions he is asking. I like his thinking very much ... "Would it be possible" ..

  • @ilona6185
    @ilona6185 4 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    it's so tragic that they had to explain it all with such analogies and make it all *spooky* to get proper attention. and yet again. >20 years later, windows 10 exists and it's mostly used desktop OS. let alone that we gave away all our privacy for free and we are kinda forced do it in order to work for an average company. obviously we need some kind of apocalypse

  • @YehoshuaD
    @YehoshuaD 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Assuming that all the guys are hopefully still alive, you guys should have a sort of "reunion" and get together and talk about what you are doing now, what you've been doing, etc. Current state of the internet and technology, etc.

    • @scape.
      @scape. 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      the youngest, King Pin, is saving millions of dollars of crypto in crypto hardware wallets with forgotten passwords

    • @abg44
      @abg44 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mudge worked for Darpa and Raytheon.

    • @J90JAM
      @J90JAM 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@abg44 currently head of security at Twitter now.

  • @peterpiper4531
    @peterpiper4531 11 ปีที่แล้ว +33

    I'd love to see the Russian equivalent of this.

    • @Ignat99Ignatov
      @Ignat99Ignatov 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Мы это сделали. Помните Дмитрия Склярова. Лично я был в центре группы на пересс конференции. Очки я не одевал, волосы слега подрезал. Выглядели мы так же и среди нас была девушка. Примерно около 2001 года.

  • @RyanHattingh420
    @RyanHattingh420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    King pin you absolute legend . Lots of love from South Africa , it was moving to see where you’ve come from and nowadays helping people with hacking 🤝❤️

  • @yashkalyan
    @yashkalyan 4 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    15:30 you came for

  • @alchemistamineh3261
    @alchemistamineh3261 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    You guys need a documentary! This is very interesting.

  • @ForeverResplendent
    @ForeverResplendent 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I have watched this numerous times, but never from Kingpins Channel!!
    So what baffles me is, how this hearing established pretty lofty (pun intended) eye opening facts, and equally presented a slough of complicated issues, but how now is that, some 24 years later, certain corporate players are able to remain so far adrift from an accountability tether as to remain at large after having been clearly called out with exacted definitions of privacy and security crimes against humanity.... say Facebook, Google and Mircrocrap to name a few through ssung in as well now that they have released their latest update??? For me this is a rhetorical question and one I dont personal need am answer to, but society in general certainly seem quite asleep in some bliss as giants still walk with the strides.

  • @Fredrikbb
    @Fredrikbb 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Never realized John Lennon became a hacker. I thought Yoko Ono killed him.

    • @zet0korp
      @zet0korp 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      i was about to say the exact same thing. we both are geniuses. Way ahead of our time.

    • @AhmedNSane
      @AhmedNSane 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      _All You Need Is a Vulnerability_ 😂

  • @LuigiMordelAlaume
    @LuigiMordelAlaume 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    This is amazing. This is literally chapter 1 of the story about how the NSA modified their mass surveillance program (called "Prism" at the time) to be able to collect data from systems secured from everyone else.

  • @electronash
    @electronash 12 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Yep, Senator Fred D. Thompson.
    Also ironic is that he was the guy in the tower in Die Hard 2 as well.
    They basically 'hacked' into the airport in that movie, so you'd think he'd know all about this stuff. ;)

  • @kevinfaircloth2898
    @kevinfaircloth2898 8 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yep, the elephant is still in the room but the group did lay a fundamental foundation of perspective. Thanks

  • @cheesestickfpv6162
    @cheesestickfpv6162 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Just hearing you guys say L0phtcrack reminds of some exciting times. Things have changed quite a bit since then so its super cool to see a reminder of where alot of these things started

  • @ponslur7801
    @ponslur7801 4 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    15:28

  • @macrominutes
    @macrominutes 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I had no idea! I watched intently for all of L0pht's releases in the 90s as a young teen myself. Great stuff!

  • @hebjdhdhdbbshshshshs9119
    @hebjdhdhdbbshshshshs9119 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow very interesting. Really well spoken and well behaving people.

  • @walkonthedarxide9399
    @walkonthedarxide9399 11 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Just wanted to make sure you GNU!

  • @ejwessel
    @ejwessel 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    23 years later and still relevant

    • @buzifalus
      @buzifalus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      No they failed miserably

    • @ejwessel
      @ejwessel 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I never indicated their success. Only the continued relevance in today's world.

    • @RenyxGhoul
      @RenyxGhoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@buzifalus Ethnical Hacking is a degree now so I doubt it

  • @ninjahinda
    @ninjahinda 11 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    because network security was amazing in 1998

  • @michaelhawthorne8696
    @michaelhawthorne8696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    VPN's and "2 Step Authentication" is a very strong defence against hackers......
    I'm not sure how old the mentioned protocols are, 2SA is used a lot more recently though.

    • @tubaeseries5705
      @tubaeseries5705 ปีที่แล้ว

      2sa is only strong if they get your password, it they use vulnerabilities it often doesn't matter

  • @muffininacup4060
    @muffininacup4060 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    "Like buying a car and not able to open the hood" when talking about how windows is bad and unix is good
    from that, instead of having windows open-sourced, we got our cars closed-sourced by tesla ev's

  • @ELH255
    @ELH255 9 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    "...and steffan." hahaha

  • @h3avym3tals69
    @h3avym3tals69 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    These guys are all balls deep in cash now Im sure. These antiheroes were my heros as a child and still are today. Its unfortunate that their genius has been co-opted for nefarious purposes but thats the price we pay for such quantum leaps in one lifetime.

    • @h3avym3tals69
      @h3avym3tals69 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Bryan Medina im pretty sure i saw the dude named kingpin hack a guys trezor crypto wallet that had 2 million on it recently. I forget his real name but he glitch attacked it like a video game console.

    • @RenyxGhoul
      @RenyxGhoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Missino Even Kingpin has aged this much. I cannot imagine where the others are

    • @Wassim.H
      @Wassim.H ปีที่แล้ว

      @@h3avym3tals69 this is his channel

  • @Bowen151
    @Bowen151 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    TEMPEST!!! Keeping the NSA on their toes since the early 60s.

  • @evilborg
    @evilborg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I was a few years older than most at L0pht and learned a lot from them as a kid... I even had a shell account at L0pht at one point in my life.

  • @AhmedNSane
    @AhmedNSane 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    11:06 "Companies do indeed want to ignore problems as long as possible; it's cheaper for them." I can think of a few. 😉

  • @tylermolin4861
    @tylermolin4861 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’ve been watching this video since I was 20 and I’ll be 24 this year, crazy to see how ahead of the curve these guys were

  • @mavrc
    @mavrc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    We've all gotten older but the thing that hasn't changed is that Mudge hasn't gotten any less well-spoken.

  • @iwangsu6850
    @iwangsu6850 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching this after 9 years it is uploaded

  • @TheMarkonsociety
    @TheMarkonsociety 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    smart guys and well spoken as well.

    • @idarci7202
      @idarci7202 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s what struck me as well

    • @RenyxGhoul
      @RenyxGhoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Better than the stereotypical "hide behind closed doors and do whatever they want, antisocial" behaviours of a particular community

  • @prognrollinlineflow
    @prognrollinlineflow ปีที่แล้ว

    O-oh, tak potrzebuję maszyny czasu! Lasencja za sen. Liebermanem jest absolutnie cudowna 😍

  • @Xpingwinz
    @Xpingwinz 13 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Thanks for putting this up!

  • @BANGAMIDGET
    @BANGAMIDGET 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    This is a good watch. Thanks for the upload.

  • @harrylongofficial6248
    @harrylongofficial6248 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I didn't know Dave Mustaine of Megadeth was a hacker... All joking aside, these guys are a breath of fresh air from the stereotypical hacker groups.

  • @duukn
    @duukn ปีที่แล้ว +1

    it's quite sad to see that politicians 25 years ago were more aware of how little they know about technology and seem eager to learn this new industry. Watching some of the recent big tech testimonials in front of congress (FB. TikTok, etc) clearly shows a regression to how these politicians understand technology. Very ironic as learning about thechnology, networking, security is more accessible now more than ever yet the people who represent us think they are capable in regulating an industry they do not understand.

  • @ericnyamu3599
    @ericnyamu3599 9 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    where did they say " where Mudge stated we could take down the Internet in 30 minutes "

  • @eee-ue7vf
    @eee-ue7vf 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    mad respect

  • @toh192
    @toh192 12 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    That's Fred Thompson.
    He's very intelligent, and a good actor.

  • @meijiangamkamei1648
    @meijiangamkamei1648 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I like you kingpin. love you from India🇮🇳. I'm started to watch you TH-cam video. Please continue to encourage us about the internet with the hardware

  • @madloop3217
    @madloop3217 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This video is going hot on the web!

  • @stephenlittle7534
    @stephenlittle7534 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow I am glad I found this.
    As an old computer engineer myself early Dos 1.5 / 2 0 Dos. Linux.
    Early windows nt.
    I found this very interesting.
    A Big Thanks from England. 2022.
    I did my bit in a big company at year 1999. 😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

  • @stevejohanson4133
    @stevejohanson4133 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I like how the FBI provided them with water / truth-serum for this meeting

  • @kg6627
    @kg6627 8 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Hi, 2016 stopping by. Just had to point at your Palm Pilot and say
    "Ha Ha!"

  • @Log4Jake
    @Log4Jake 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Secure wireless network that sounds like these guys were trying to create the concept of a wifi network but with phone lines and radio that's genius for back then.

  • @SebastianPerezG
    @SebastianPerezG 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is sooooo today .... 21 years later

  • @logwind
    @logwind 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Thanks for uploading this.

  • @christianjohnson3031
    @christianjohnson3031 ปีที่แล้ว

    Your an inspiration man wish I had the years of knowledge stored in your brain ha! Thank you for all you do sir.

  • @3dkiwi920
    @3dkiwi920 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "...we're gonna have to do something about it; it's that simple..." Was anything ever done about it?

  • @bitcoin2809
    @bitcoin2809 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    love the older footage =D thx for the upload Joe!

  • @r0llskyay0
    @r0llskyay0 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    i could listen to mudge talk all day

  • @mamitachocolate
    @mamitachocolate 10 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I knew that first man who talked and introduced the guys looked and sounded familiar! He's an actor too and was on the Roseanne show! Fred Dalton Thompson.

    • @Baitsy
      @Baitsy 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      Level 3 hacker ^ (JK man ;P)

    • @MrKiet76
      @MrKiet76 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      At least lookalike anyways

    • @mamitachocolate
      @mamitachocolate 8 ปีที่แล้ว

      Kit Truong No it's him

    • @bavariantrawler
      @bavariantrawler 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      I only knew him from Sinister at first. He was the sheriff dude.

  • @Metatron141
    @Metatron141 12 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Good eye. It's hackers like these that keep hope alive for the rest of us. I know that most hackers are antiestablishment and want to maintain a certain level of balance in the world. Hackers have the brains to take it away from the powers that be and that scares those who think they are in control.

    • @honkhonk8009
      @honkhonk8009 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      lmfao shut the fuck up. Their not gods. Their just people who enjoy their hobby and craft.
      The real issue isnt hackers. Its the fact that software is now mostly designed by incompetenct maangers, HR morons, and various other retards. Thats why you hear about random backdoors and shit in the news every week now, while it seems that companies such as Microsoft and Google rarely have the same issues. Its because people can be lazy, and fuck up basic security.

  • @EverydayTechable
    @EverydayTechable 11 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    33:28 "On August 21st 1999" And yet this took place supposedly on May 19 1998, the convention that is.

    • @MaksimSpelko
      @MaksimSpelko 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      It says clearly ''WILL FAIL''...... future!

  • @GG-cn6es
    @GG-cn6es 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    37:25 it's weird how after watching that Tom Scott video about bit flipping, I see it mentioned here.

  • @plyjhny
    @plyjhny 12 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    You realize they were doing this for the greater good right?

  • @AcidxAnarchy
    @AcidxAnarchy 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    This is 10 years old and only has 300k views? Holy crap batman

  • @mange2
    @mange2 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    when this meeting took place, I turned on my Atari ST computer and I'm still waiting for it to load. LOL.

  • @jmitterii2
    @jmitterii2 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    How could this have any thumbs down. This is all good.

  • @nellePoint
    @nellePoint 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    the dude in the back who just throws Y2K in there lmao

  • @davidlynch1511
    @davidlynch1511 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    L0phtCrack! Wow! That brings back memories. I loved that util back in the early 90's

  • @whysguy3
    @whysguy3 11 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Which one is Kevin. I'm reading "Ghost in The Wiers". I just read about the part where he gives his testimony. It was cool to watch this after reading about everything in his life that led up to his senate testimony. So I'm trying to put a face to the name/handle. Think he is midge or the one sitting to Mudges left.

  • @adsasori
    @adsasori 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's funny that back then showing a face but not names was enough to keep anonymity

  • @RO2player
    @RO2player 12 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mudge now works for DARPA... god damn, big brother is getting the best of the best

  • @michaelhawthorne8696
    @michaelhawthorne8696 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just remembered...CUCME was around at the time of this recording.... I had Dial-up (56K Baud) and was able to watch people in Austrailia from the UK (Until CUCME crashed, which it did often)
    Video was painfully slow, a bit like Slow Scan TV but it still amazed me to see someone with bright sunshine flooding their room while here it was winter, 10PM and raining 😂😢.

  • @blackcoastprodctions
    @blackcoastprodctions 10 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    These guys are most likely working alongside agencies nowadays. It's almost like they're sitting here offering them services and skills to use and whether or not they can be bought.

    • @HamguyBacon
      @HamguyBacon 10 ปีที่แล้ว

      you hear that asshole say he went to nsa to lecture them.

    • @RenyxGhoul
      @RenyxGhoul 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yeah and one of them is a youtuber who uploaded this video that you are watching

  • @kratosgaming4188
    @kratosgaming4188 ปีที่แล้ว

    kingpin after 12 years..... still one of the most intelligent individual and the enthusiasm is awesome

  • @ArztvomDienst
    @ArztvomDienst 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    So funny, still today companies are making it realy hard for an mindful individuul who is trying to 'responsive' inform about security flaws found, pocsag is still used, most of what is mentioned is still going down the same old road.

  • @semperFi4ever100
    @semperFi4ever100 12 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    There is no correlation, positive or negative, between being a good hacker and being articulate. If you are articulate, that doesn't make you a bad hacker, just as you not being articulate doesn't make you a good one either.

  • @MrSlimdaddybim
    @MrSlimdaddybim 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I guarantee that half if not all got government jobs after this