Hacking in SA

[Duan]

http://mg.co.za/article/1998-02-13-hacking-in-sa

Anyone here old enough to have been around when this was news?

I wonder where the people involved are now and what they are up to...

 

[koeksGHT]

Back in the day

 

[DA-LION-619]

Back in the day

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admin/admin

 

[myKey]

Pssht

 

[DA-LION-619]

Pssht

Its 2016...

 

[myKey]

Its 2016...

yes i own a calender too

 

[Necropolis]

Pssht

If that's legit - it's probably not the smartest to be bragging about it...

 

[Sinbad]

I was around this, and am still in contact with kokey
(they got his nick wrong)

 

[halfmoonforever]

Back in 1997 there was an 0800 dialup number that was given to employees from IS with a pop user/password. Icon back in the day. After a "bill mix-up" and a very rude employee, I managed to ...er... acquire her credentials and enjoy free dialup for quite a while.

 

[calypso]

Back in the day all you needed was an 0800 dial up. No more R7 weekends.

 

[Necropolis]

Back in the day all you needed was an 0800 dial up. No more R7 weekends.

I had an 0800 dial up number for a while - but then I lost it.

But I remember stories of people getting some hefty fines for illegally using those numbers.

 

[Sinbad]

Considering the owner of the number gets the bill for your use, I should hope so.

 

[etienne_marais]

http://mg.co.za/article/1998-02-13-hacking-in-sa

Anyone here old enough to have been around when this was news?

I wonder where the people involved are now and what they are up to...

Involved in computer/online security as well as the intelligence service.

 

[shadow_man]

Pssht

ShodanHQ + default passwords.

Hardly l33t... You're also running Windows Script kiddies...

 

[etienne_marais]

Interestingly I remember a certain 'digest' floating around on BBS's as well as on the internet (relating to the S.A. scene), can't find any trace of it...

 

[myKey]

ShodanHQ + default passwords.

Hardly l33t... You're also running Windows Script kiddies...

If it makes any difference, It was written for a school project in Python

 

[blaaislaai]

Ah, those were the days when bandwidth was extremely expensive!

 

[breacher]

Lol! Excellent read - memory lane

Sounds like the good old days where IRC was pretty much the only "IM" service out there

/gzline Breacher!*@*.myip.co.za 24h

Which servers did you guys chat on in those days?

 

[ld13]

...f0rbidden knowledge anyone?

 

[wynandvr]

Yea back in the day, feels like ages ago