RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media

["Jeremiah Cornelius" <jeremiah () nur net>]

If I'm not mistaken, I went to school with Markus Hess as an exchange student about 79-81.  We learned UCSD Pascal in 
the same classes, on a DEC PDP-11/70.

Small world... 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kevin Poulsen [mailto:klp () securityfocus com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 6:42 PM
> To: 'Chacon, Oscar'; 'Levenglick, Jeff'; 'Edward Miller'; 
> jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> Cc: 'Mike Andrews'; webappsec () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
>
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> > Its called The Cuckoo's Egg.  My buddy was one of the guys who 
> > investigated and caught Kevin Mitnick, or was it Kevin 
> Poulsen?  The 
> > guy who disappeared was most likely killed by German/Russian 
> > intelligence.
>
> That was me. (I got better.)
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Chacon, Oscar [mailto:Oscar.Chacon () cnb com]
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 9:18 AM
> > To: 'Levenglick, Jeff'; Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> >
> >
> > Its called The Cuckoo's Egg.  My buddy was one of the guys who 
> > investigated and caught Kevin Mitnick, or was it Kevin 
> Poulsen?  The 
> > guy who disappeared was most likely killed by German/Russian 
> > intelligence.
> >
> > Oscar Chacon, CISA
> > Vice President & Manager
> > Information Security
> > Information Services Division
> > City National Bank
> > 555 South Flower Street
> > Los Angeles, California 90071
> > Telephone:  213 - 673 - 8051
> > Facsimile:  213 - 637 - 3915
> > oscar.chacon () cnb com
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Levenglick, Jeff [mailto:JLevenglick () fhlbatl com]
> > Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 6:08 AM
> > To: Edward Miller; jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: RE: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> >
> > This one might be the oldest that I know of.
> >
> > I can't really remember the movie name. (its on the tip of my
> > tongue...) (something egg?)
> >
> > It is based on the real story of a student who discovers that the 
> > school was being used as a 'pass thru' to US military computers. I 
> > think it was back in the 70's. I remember bits:
> >
> > 1 - He hooked up line printers to each phone line to trace 
> the person 
> > and print what he was doing. 2 - He had each operator on a call and 
> > listened as each one traced and then call the next operator.
> > 3- They traced it to Germany. (If I remember correctly?)
> > 4 - I think it was 3 hackers. 2 of them disappeared and the 
> last one, 
> > in a panic, spilled the beans. (He insisted that the govt 
> was covering 
> > everything up and killed his friends)
> >
> >
> > Jeffrey 
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Edward Miller [mailto:EMiller () tax state va us]
> > Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2004 05:12 PM
> > To: jasonmerriman11 () aol com
> > Cc: Mike Andrews; webappsec () securityfocus com
> > Subject: Re: Hacking/security in main-stream media
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > how about Minority Report - biometric access control by retina scan
> >
> >
> >
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> >                                        "Mike Andrews" 
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> >  > War Games - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film]
> >
> > Computer creator uses his son's name as the main password for 
> > the system.
> >
> >
> >  > Hackers - [Not sure yet, not managed to pickup the film] 
> > Characters dumpster dive to get materials which assist in 
> > accessing systems.
> >
> >
> > Mike Andrews wrote on 9/29/2004, 4:00 PM:
> >
> >  > A bit off the wall, but as good a place to post this as 
> > any :)  >  > I'm writing a tutorial/courseware on security 
> > (both basic topics and  > programming) and I'm looking for 
> > clips from movies or tv to introduce  > subjects - I've found 
> > that videos work well with introductions and short  > breaks 
> > to getting the audience in the right frame of mind (as well 
> > as  > getting them relaxed).  So far I have the following.... 
> >  >  > Jurassic Park - insider threat (the programmer gets the 
> > system to bypass  > security while he steals the DNA/embryos) 
> >  >  > Sneakers - Cryptography (when the team discovers it's a 
> > crypto box they  > have)  >  > The Net - Personally 
> > identifiable information (main characters personal  > 
> > information is deleted)  >  > War Games - [Not sure yet, not 
> > managed to pickup the film]  >  > Hackers - [Not sure yet, 
> > not managed to pickup the film]  >  > Any other suggestions?  
> > I'm only wanting short (5min) sections, but I'm  > willing to 
> > edit bit's out if needed.  >  > Cheers,  > Mike.  >  >  > 
> > ----  > Mike Andrews  > Florida Institute of Technology  >  >  >
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