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realhackhistory, 2 months ago

I wrote about a journalist in 1985 who had written an article about a credit card ring run by teenage #hackers in small town Wisconsin, then found himself targeted by other hackers looking to intimidate him over the phone.
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https://realhackhistory.org/2024/03/19/dox-creating-carders-build-a-dossier-on-a-journalist-in-1985-hackers-reporters/

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realhackhistory, 2 months ago

I spoke with the journalist involved via email, Eric K Meyer who may sound familiar to some of you as it was his home raided by Marion, Kansas police last year over a story in the Marion County Record.
https://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/investigations/youre-in-big-deep-s-right-now-police-body-camera-shows-raid-inside-journalist-eric-meyers-home

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realhackhistory, 2 months ago

I'm getting off this tangent of mid 80's reporters having run-ins with #hackers, this is the next #blog in the works.

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