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62: Cam
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Length:
64 minutes
Released:
Mar 31, 2020
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Podcast episode
Description
Cam’s story is both a cautionary tale and inspirational at the same time. He’s been both an attacker and defender. And not the legal kind of attacker. He has caused half a million dollars in damages with his attacks. Attacks that arose from a feeling of seeing injustices in the world. Listen to his story.
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Sources
BBC: The teenage hackers who’ve been given a second chance
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-40655656/uk-s-first-boot-camp-hopes-to-reform-teenage-hackers
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
https://www.csa.limited/
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/teenager-who-ddosed-governments-seaworld-receives-no-jail-time/
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/education-skills/11-19-year-olds
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Sponsors
This episode was sponsored by Linode. Linode supplies you with virtual servers. Visit linode.com/darknet and when signing up with a new account use code darknet2020 to get a $20 credit on your next project.
Support for this episode comes from Blinkist. They offer thousands of condensed non-fiction books, so you can get through books in about 15 minutes. Check out Blinkist.com/DARKNET to start your 7 day free trial and get 25% off when you sign up.
Sources
BBC: The teenage hackers who’ve been given a second chance
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/technology-40655656/uk-s-first-boot-camp-hopes-to-reform-teenage-hackers
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/
https://www.csa.limited/
https://www.tripwire.com/state-of-security/latest-security-news/teenager-who-ddosed-governments-seaworld-receives-no-jail-time/
https://www.ncsc.gov.uk/section/education-skills/11-19-year-olds
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Released:
Mar 31, 2020
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
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