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Wednesday, August 16, 2017

Theme Round - Hacking and Computer Security

—devadutta @ 12:07

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

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Nevil Maskelyne hacked Marconi’s public demo of a Morse Code transmission to prove his invention was NOT secure.