Info.sec.radio: Hacking Through the Ages

For a short time, the security information and news website securityfocus.com/ ran a web radio show discussing various issues related to security and hacking. Among the shows they broadcast were a series of interviews entitled "Hacking Through the Ages", which were conducted with a number of high-profile hackers in 2000. The interviews were conducted with Chris Goggans and Kevin Mitnick. There was a later interview with Mark Abene/Phiber Optik, which was separate from the series.

When securityfocus.com/ was purchased by Symantec Software, their website was completely redesigned and these radio shows were lost. In 2005, I [Jason Scott] was contacted by Matt Scheurer, who had downloaded all these hacking shows and who had held them in his collection. He has provided them to me, which I have provided to you.

Matt has also typed up a description of the files as they are, with notes as to what pieces are missing. One or two files were simply not on the site while it was live, and it is unclear where they might be in the present day. Specifically, part II of the Chris Goggans interview is missing. If you have it or other pieces, let me know. Otherwise, here is what the world currently has.

audio.textfiles.com/shows/infosecradio/

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0:00:00 to 0:26:00
Info.sec.radio broadcast September 18, 2000:

An interview with Chris Goggans (a.k.a. Erik Bloodaxe), the former leader of the Legion of Doom (LOD). Chris takes us through his development as a hacker and answers questions including:

What's changed in the hacking scene since the early days?
How did the Legion of Doom get its start?
What is the real story behind the Phrack busts?

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0:26:00 to 1:15:00
Info.sec.radio broadcast August 21, 2000 (Part 1):
Info.sec.radio broadcast September 4, 2000 (Part 2):

An interview with Kevin Mitncik, one of the first hackers convicted in the United States.
Kevin discusses the Shimomura/Markoff scenario and speaks candidly on his past and answers questions including:

What's the real story behind the alleged NORAD attacks?
Who was responsible for the attacks on Shimomura's machine and telephone answering machine?
What is the biggest misconception about the whole Kevin Mitnick affair?.

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1:15:00 to 1:52:00

An interview with Mark Abene (a.k.a. Phiber Optik), a former member of Masters of Deception (M.O.D). Mark talks candidly about the early days of M.O.D. and the events surrounding his conviction and answers questions including:

How did M.O.D. get its start?
What really happened in the supposed M.O.D./L.O.D. war?
Why did you plead guilty to the charges against you when others, who had
committed more serious crimes were getting probation?