aka: Operation Sundevil -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Sundevil
which was actually a multi-year hacker crackdown in the early 1990's.
-pours one out for all the homies-
which was actually a multi-year hacker crackdown in the early 1990's.
-pours one out for all the homies-
To a large extent, it never really ended.
The media were absolutely rabid through most of the 80s and early 90s. I distinctly remember them acting like hackers were worse than terrorists, worse than anything humanity had ever had to deal with.
Looking back, it’s almost funny, except many lives were ruined and hackers raided and/or imprisoned because of media hype and fear.
If you sent a security expert from today back in time to the 90s, they could basically pull the same ridiculous shenanigans that the characters did in that movie
> This raid is often wrongly attributed to Operation Sundevil, a nationwide crackdown on illegal computer hacking activities that was occurring about this time.