Cybersecurity architect and adjunct professor at NC State University Jeff Crume joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the history of hacking. What was the first computer virus? Who is the most influential hacker in history? How did hacking work before the internet? Have hackers ever taken down a government website? Do VPNs really offer the anonymity we think they do? What is a firewall and how does it work? Answers to these questions and many more await on Hacking History Support.

0:00 Hacking History Support

0:19 The most influential hacker ever

1:00 Hack: Origins

2:08 Vintage hacking

3:37 Have hackers ever taken down a government website?

4:42 Signal encryption/open-source

6:07 How much cyber security was there in the 90s?

8:19 Stuxnet virus

9:37 Sarcasm level readings are off the charts, captain.

10:46 Would you ban TikTok

12:00 Election security

12:53 ILOVEYOU

13:16 WannaCry

14:20 How can hackers shut down a pipeline?

15:48 What is a firewall and how does it work?

16:40 Do VPNs really offer the anonymity we think they do?

18:55 Mom, Elmo needs to know our routing number

20:12 Are password managers secure

21:54 How likely are you to catch a computer virus?

23:01 What hack has caused the most damage?

23:40 the CIA triad

24:10 What was the name of the first computer virus?

24:50 Freakin’ Phone Phreaking

26:10 Shrek 2 (2004)

Director: Jackie Phillips

Director of Photography: Grant Bell

Editor: Alex Mechanik

Expert: Jeff Crume

Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen

Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas

Production Manager: Peter Brunette

Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark

Casting Producer: Nick Sawyer

Camera Operator: Shay Eberle-Gunst

Sound Mixer: Paul Cornett

Set Designer: Liliana Starck

Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin

Post Production Coordinator: Stella Shortino

Supervising Editor: Erica DeLeo

Additional Editor: Samantha DiVito

Assistant Editor: Fynn Lithgow

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