This is the third episode in our series of cybercrime histories.We talk with Professor Peter Grabosky, Professor Emeritus at the Australian National University. The history begins with the very origins of computer crime back in the 1960s.
More about Our Guest
https://researchers.anu.edu.au/researchers/grabosky-pn
Persons of Note:
Abbie Hoffman
JoyBubbles, Josef Carl Engressia Jr.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joybubbles
Captain Crunch
(VIDEO) 2015: "History of Hacking" by John "Captain Crunch" Draper
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DK-352AWaKk
Yan Laura (22 Oct 2019) An Early Hacker Used a Cereal Box Whistle to Take Over Phone Lines
CSO, (20 Nov, 2017) Captain Crunch aka John Draper banned from DefCon for sexual misconduct
Captain Zap
Delio, Michelle (Feb 6, 2001) The Greatest Hacks of All Time
https://www.wired.com/2001/02/the-greatest-hacks-of-all-time/
CaptainZap
https://hackstory.net/Captain_Zap
Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
Lapsley, Phil (Feb 20, 2013) The Definitive Story of Steve Wozniak, Steve Jobs, and Phone Phreaking
(VIDEO) 1984: "Wozniak Meets Steve Jobs: Blue Box Free Phone Calls Worldwide" by Steve Wozniak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oeVOpDUWwpU
Reading
Donn B Parker Crime by Computer (1976)
August Bequai Computer Crime (1978)
Steve Levy Hackers: Heroes of the computer revolution (1984)
Gordon Meyer & Jim Thomas COMPUTER UNDERGROUND DIGEST (1990-2000)
http://www.computer-underground-digest.org/
Clough and Mungo Approaching Zero 1992
C. Stoll Cuckoo’s Egg (1989)
Other
A few things that you missed:
You could read this paper from 1977, in which August Bequai attempts to define and illustrate the then 100 million dollar problem of computer crime :
https://heinonline.org/HOL/P?h=hein.journals/polqua6&i=22
The Equity Funding Scam.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Equity_Funding
Barbash, Fred(Nov 16, 1982) High Court to Review SEC Action on Whistleblower,
Initial findings of the SEC on The Equity Funding Corporation
https://www.sec.gov/litigation/aljdec/1978/id19780901djm.pdf
MIT still has a Model railway club
Rod Stewart (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Stewart) is a railway enthusiast. I once worked with a guy who had a beer with Rod Stewart and insisted he was a good bloke.
https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50403561
Information wants to be free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Information_wants_to_be_free
What is a punch card?
https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/p/punccard.htm
DARPA, the group behind the internet infrastructure, still exists