WarGames - Who really cracked Falken's password?
That part of WarGames (the novelization) where Jennifer is the one who figures out the password to hack into the WOPR system (after David belittles her computer knowledge).
The pirate business isn't always friendly
The pirate business isn’t always friendly - November 30 1996, RON.EXE released by pirate DirecTV hacker “Fast Eddie” included a rant directed at competing Canadian pirate Ron Ereiser. It was also the first “freeware” hack shared on the internet for DirecTV.
(note: This story was originally posted on Twitter Oct 29, 2018.)
Looking back on DirecTV Black Sunday
In a Discord chat, a link came up to an article from 2008 looking back on the 2001 “Black Sunday” countermeasure against DirecTV satellite pirates. I wanted to tell a bit of what I remember of the background to Black Sunday for some additional context.
(note: This story was originally posted on Twitter Oct 16, 2018.)
Memories of the DirecTV HU card
A story about a small piece of hacking history - memories of the DirecTV “HU card” and the pirates that hacked the smartcard to watch free satellite TV.
(note: This story was originally posted on Twitter Oct 23, 2018.)
Some of the story of the Battery Card
Some of the story of the “battery card” - the first pirate card sold for hacking DirecTV in the mid 1990s. #tvpiratehistory
(note: This story was originally posted on Twitter Oct 18, 2018.)