What a blast from the past! Now I'm reminiscing about the "Worlds No. 1 Hacker" [missing comma to maintain historical accuracy] and his [3]1337 skillz. Also, the combination of Microsoft badge attached to CrowdStrike lanyard = 😚👌!

Tell me about it, Reddit! Who else is having a "no healthy upstream" kind of day?

This is an absolutely wild one by Ian Carroll and Sam Curry The most basic SQL injection ever in the Known Crewmember (KCM) and Cockpit Access Security System (CASS) used by airlines and TSA. Literally ' OR 1=1 got them admin access. Here's what we know:

What's old is n̶e̶w̶ still old, but works. Let this be a reminder that though it's been 25 years since rain.forest.puppy's Phrack article about SQLi, it's still prevalent.

1983: The term "hacker" was used by Newsweek, mainstream media's earliest known use of the term in the pejorative sense. The magazine's cover photo of 17-year-old 414s (hacker group) member Neal Patrick was captioned '414 "Hacker" Neal Patrick.'

2006: The xkcd comic "Cryptography" was published. Is it worth it? Let me work it I put my thing down, flip it and reverse it Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i xkcd.com/153/

This is the kind of IT history which needs to be documented, preserved, and shared.

1947: An error in the Mark II computer at Harvard University was due to a moth trapped in a relay. The moth was attached to the log book with notation "first actual case of bug being found." Yes, that's the actual moth taped to the log. Best. Bug. Report. Evah!

2005: The comic Dilbert made fun of password complexity policies. And IT policies and standards in general. "Passwords must contain...sign language and squirrel noises." "Is it my imagination or are all of our rules designed for the sole purpose of being huge inconveniences?"

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Fortinet confirms data breach after hacker claims to steal 440GB of files - Lawrence Abrams bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/… bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/…

This person has internet access, but instead of using a search engine to ask "Is arugula sold at the grocery store safe for human consumption?" (😉) or "arugula recipe" they sought advice from people in their community they don't know on Nextdoor. In any case, yes / salad.