How an Internet Cult Changed Hacking Forever

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They also can’t harm you because they are just a pranking group. But no longer. The Cult of the Dead Cow went down in history as one of the most influential hacker gangs - but real hacks are just a part of their story. Their prank hacks were even more important, and the most influential one had an impact we can still feel to this day. Hong Kong Blondes operation invented hacktivism, attracted a lot of attention and quite definitely changed the world. But was it a hoax, or was there something real in it?

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Timestamps:
0:00 Intro
2:51 Baseline
15:33 Trigger
23:25 Execution
37:13 Post Mortem

Credits:
Producer: Ignas Žadeikis
Writer: Valius Venckūnas
Video Editing & Animation: Matas Paskačimas
Narration: Ben Mitchell
Supervising Producer: Aušra Venckutė

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Sources: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1-sYkC8cCMeMtlLQHJmL4YY6HtXL-PlrkzywE6pvbV9Y/edit?usp=sharing

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