They made hacking possible to every schoolkid. Cult of the Dead Cow

July 1999, Las Vegas, DefCon.

It couldn't get any better than this. This evening in Las Vegas, filled with positive craziness, youthful energy, and freedom, will be the pinnacle of a hacker cult that changed the history of hacking, digital technology, and cybersecurity.

That night, members of the Cult of the Dead Cow staged a performance at the DefCon hacking conference. Their goal was to draw media attention to their new utility.

BO2K, as the program is called, is kryptonite against Bill Gates' all-powerful corporation. And it will change the world of software.

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Timecodes
00:00 Intro
02:03 Meet Kevin, the creator of CDC
03:10 1984, a Texan teenager seeks friends online
03:37 Bulletin Board Systems (BBS)
04:34 The early days of CDC
06:34 Early 90s, cult activity grows
07:00 Cult of the Dead Cow gets a substantial branch
08:30 Hackers arrive at Congress
10:38 How CDC came up with Back Orifice
13:19 Hackers ask FBI for permission to release BO
13:50 How we decided to take the hard route
14:29 Presenting retro laptops for the experiment
15:12 Showing BO's capabilities, attacking the “victim’s” laptop
16:18 Main features of BO
17:45 How CDC worked with the media (spoiler - very talented)
19:40 CDC starts a media war with Microsoft
20:40 The legendary BO2K presentation
22:47 The end of the MS-DOS era
24:00 We are still feeling the consequences of BO2K's rise. Here's Sumsub's internal statistics
26:25 Where CDC members are now


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