This man “wanted to count the number of computers on the internet” and unleashed a now legendary piece of software causing a lot of “damage”. Who is he? Fake Bonus points if you explain the post title.
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, s m muneer ali and Supritha Maiya
Robert Tappan Morris, author of the Morris worm, which is arguably more piece of art.
Continuing our theme round. Made famous by Silicon Valley, but this device is real and used quite frequently by hackers. What is this?
Cracked by: Ashish Kumar, Dibyo, Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali
Wifi Pineapple, used for MITM attacks on wifi connections.
Theme round! Next few questions will be focused on hacking and computer security. Broadly.
In one of the earliest known instances of “hacking”, Person 1 (below) hacked a public demo of 2’s invention to show that it was not “safe and secure” as claimed 2. Identify 1.
Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla, Dibyo, Supritha Maiya and Tej
Nevil Maskelyne hacked Marconi’s public demo of a Morse Code transmission to prove his invention was NOT secure.
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Cracked by: Sumanth Patlolla and s m muneer ali
Bitcoin Mining bears a lot of resemblance to how Shell money from Solomon Islands were (are) made - taking a huge sell and laboriously grinding it down to a bead to prove work and also control supply of these coins. Exactly like Bitcoin hashing.
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Question for today: Identify this spacecraft, also launched 10 years ago.
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Cracked by: Shwetha Maiya, Sumanth Patlolla, s m muneer ali, Supritha Maiya, Dibyo and Tej
Phoenix Mars lander!