Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
it helps that Kevin's rivalry with Tsutomu is literally Kira vs L as well. honestly got chills at the courtroom scene at 27:29 where Tsutomu said "Kevin, I hope things go ok for you." and kevin just silently nods before leaving. you can tell that they have respect for each other even though they were rivals, so badass lol
Went to search Kevin the man himself on Google to learn more about him; this video is fantastic and does wonders to one's creativity. He *just* passed away, ten days ago --- July 16, 2023. He was only 59, and he'd lost to pancreatic cancer. Rest in peace. What an absolute legend.
I like these ADD multi-stories for their artistic appeal, but when I am looking for info on a subject, I often prefer a linear approach. Both have their place.
“Kevin is even more dangerous” What’d he do? Create like a drug website on the dark web? “He has access to nuclear codes” WAIT WHAT THE FUCK HOW DID HE
In all reality just make sure you’re at the forefront of coding. Then they’ll ask you how to code the system; which yeah would take a boat load of work from square one.
Holy shit this is the best damn RU-vid docu I've ever watched in my life!! The editing is so high effort I couldnt believe my eyes. This is Netflix level content. Keep up the great work, got an instant subscription from me~
Idk if you know the whole ordeal with this channel but the narrator of this video was trying to get money off the subscribers and it led to the other owner of this to completely take over and the channel is just dying at this point. Theyve lost a good amount of subscribers sadly. But yes man this channel was always releasing too notch content
@@antonikudlicki1100 that one about the roto chair was insane, I couldn’t even tell that it was a sponsor plugin until it said “use code disrupt for 10% off”
the level of production in this is insane. the style of storytelling feels like an album the way each segment is its own part and ties itself in at the end. this took real direction and it shows really well. bravo, disrupt
Most of what he reports is false and any form of understanding about tech Disrupt has, is basically none. Please do yourself a favor, and unsub from this garbage.
@@evolicious bro chill. A lot of people already know that these documentary-type videos of his are dramatized and that’s just to increase appeal, it’s not just him many forms of media do this exact thing, and besides, he even mentions that he dramatizes stuff in some of his video descriptions. Just because something doesn’t appeal to you, just because it’s not perfect, doesn’t mean everyone should unsubscribe. We aren’t you.
@@evolicious Waaa waaa youtube bad waa waaa must write hate comment waaaaa like stfu and just skip the video. No need to hear you bitching about something as little as a set of pixels. Not to mention your unsubscribe is a mere 0.00001% you think it makes a difference? Not really. Next time, instead of complaining about something that isn't 100% perfect the best thing ever you could just maybe. Skip the video. Or unsubscribe without saying shit
I don't see how if it wasn't explained fully. Guy literally glossed over the important details of decrypting portion or how the actual work around was scraped and injected into the captcha.
14:55 if you don't understand this, it's from the middle eastern/Arabic folk tale of Ali Baba and the 40 thieves. In the Middle East, calling someone an Ali baba is calling someone a thief
It always amazes me how brilliant these old hacks were. Now you mostly have simple and over used social engineering scams. Obviously, its great that modern software and hardware is so secure, but it also means now the most vulnerable part of the computer is the person using it.
@@finstrike7 It must be happening to almost everyone so college project deadlines must be stretched but on the other hand slow loading times would be quite frustrating for anything productive/entertainment purposes.
@@feelincrispy Different machine of an earlier generation that was also refurbished and not brand-new. Not like my current laptop, plus I got good anti-virus protection for a few years now.
I love the editing style and tone of these videos. I will say the way you explain things is hard to understand sometimes. I catch myself having to rewind a lot. while these are super entertaining, I got a waaaay better understanding of the timeline/how he got caught/what happened when he was in jail/etc, from reading an article. I guess this one just jumped around a bit much 4 me
Nope, especially when most of what he says is outright bullshit. He got most everything about this netsec story false (and some of which is just madeup by him). Do yourself a favor and unsub from this trash "tech channel" by an idiot that doesn't know the first thing about any tech.
@@evolicious outright bullshit is what you decided to type without doing your research not that you did any before going crazy on your keyboard because for some reason you wanna be egotistical, or whatever your small and smooth brain desires.
Netflix would kill their creativity and their worth. Growing big on your own is the best thing to do. Netflix will try to eventually own and expand on these types of series
@@eksibaklava1434 Lemmino, kurzgesagt, good blood, melody sheep, mustard, thalasso hobbyer(maybe, depends what you define as high quality), and a couple more I'm forgetting are all really great, I think it's mostly subjective though defining which one is the highest quality, like based on which type of content you like most, etc.
His book is okay… he’s mostly a nuisance and a bit sociopathic… it’s clear in his writing that his ego is still pretty big… but he was never evil maliciously. I think the worst things He did was take advantage of friends and it wasn’t cool (the sun hack). At least he cops to everything he did and he was brilliant but got caught up in his own ego. He got careless but at least he wasn’t super greedy. He did take advantage of regular, well meaning people. I don’t think he meant harm, per se, but he didn’t think about what could happen to them based on his actions. I’m glad he turned things around and is using his skills for good now.
This documentary was put together really well, but what caught my attention was the ad break. It was surprisingly well formatted and presented, and didn't feel like a product was being shoved down my throat like so many other ad breaks to now a days...
They seriously make a unique ad for their sponsor. Not to mention the bumper... this is like a vision of the future of TV channels when TV is finally, completely extinct
Did anyone else smile at the part where it’s mentioned that Kevin is now a whitehat hacker? I just think it’s sweet. He was able to move on from what he did, and use his skill for the greater good.
Actually, the black hats are the good ones... Perspective matters alot ! He just became a "white hat" (working for the governement) so he wouldn't spend his life in prison ^^" If you think the good ones work for the government and the sake of our national security... You're wrong. But that's just my opinion, and I know what you gonna say: "damn fucking conspirationiste, shut up" but keep in mind, from my perspective, you're the conspirationiste !
@@Dany2k13 I mean no aggression although white hat hackers don’t just work for governments they also work for companies and the purpose of their job is to ensure security in the system and improve the system to ensure black hats or other companies don’t break in
Possibly the most well-known hacker of all time is Kevin Mitnick. In fact, the Department of Justice called him the "most wanted computer criminal in US history." He was also one of the FBI's Most Wanted after hacking into 40 major corporations.
You know, these viruses always make me wonder as to whether or not I have a virus hidden somewhere on my hard drives. I've got too many important files to just format them all, but damn am I tempted.
Saying "we locked up this hacker because he could get nukes with one phone call" says way more about the state of things and attitude towards security at NORAD in 1997, than it says anything about Kevin Mitnick :|
not really, after all norrad in the '97 was well protected at its time but its with the person itself who has the ability and network to bypass military level defence mechanisms
I mean, it's a bit of both. It's the real life example of "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". But the problem is that there was even a possibility. Something like nuclear missile systems really shouldn't have that much of a 'lax attitude towards security 😐
@@LitepawI mean the actual launch systems are a closed system. Unless things have changed between now and then, there's no way he actually had access like that
@@Silverbullet69420 Yeah it is, and that's a good thing. I'd demand even more fail-safes if it was up to me, but the deterrance factor would suffer a bit in these times. The more fail-safes the better, a few people have already prevented a nuclear war because the fail-safes worked.
The editing is stunning. There is a lot of time and creativity in this piece of art. The shark eating the toggle button, wow. That's pure genius. The whole structure is amazing, bravo !
This video is well made, but the story telling ain’t there chief. Unclear, jumps around, doesn’t do full tie ins or anything to help with clarity, just leaves you hanging. It’s fine if it’s a fictional topic, or something like an interactive rpg - like Dark Souls, where a lot is up for interpretation… but when it’s a real story it almost muddles and adds a fog over the *TRUE* story. Kinda just seems like a fairly smart ploy to get people to spend more time watching/rewatching/interacting with the video, just as I am now.
They're great for immersion, but honestly not clear enough ? I still don't know what Koobface had to do with Kevin in the end except the free kevin part ? They could be clearer on dates and years too... Still great vid tho, just leaves me hungry for comprehension of the sequence of events and feeling stupid that I didn't understand what the point was except that the guy was wanted then went to prison then turned white hat...
@@SwainixFPV +1, He could hire a writer imo, it seems like he's trying to cram together as many key points (and fun facts) as possible without giving them coherent enough context
@@SwainixFPV you gotta research half the shit this guy talks about if he wanted to explain botnets wiretaps and tracing it would be a whole different video.
@@IanEnkema ok, but I know roughly what those are. It's not the technical side that's missing, it's sequence of events relztions between protagonists that arr missing for me
I spend at least a dozen hours every week watching RU-vid videos, many of them are educational. Just when I thought I saw everything, the editing and story telling of this video completely caught me off guard.
I for the last several years have had more free time and have watched more youtube than even justiny can shake a stick at. More than most people have general time for. and I can tell you that a dozen hours a week is no where near enough to see everything. Even I am constantly floored by all the amazing creators and story tellers on here and I was watching upwards of a dozen hours a day for the most part. Between my two channels I am subscribed to thousands of people. I give out subs pretty easily. mainly to people under 1 mil. But seriously. There are some incredible creators. too many to name. What comes to mind when you say impressed my editing and storytelling is some of the videogame youtubers like vaatividya looking at the souls series (even if you DON'T play or have played those games. I HIGHLY recommend his Prepare to Cry videos), or theres youtubers who looks at the history of videogame world record runs like summoning salt. IDK HOW he manages to make those things so engaging but they are great. this guys got over 1 mill. By that point its not usually just "a youtuber" anymore. its a business and most often they have staffs and editors. Its no different than any other production its a balance of effort and money put in and projected revenue. But its a gamble. Lots of channels like this have multiple writers and editers on retainer with multiple projects being worked on at anypoint, unfinished videos with a release schedule etc. Big gamble I watched work out on youtube was a channel called whistlin diesel. This kid was trashing expensive trucks and his channel wasn't very big yet. But It was growing fast. He gambled on destroying 10s of thousands of dollars worth of trucks could in the long run pay off. And he made it work. Pretty nuts. But in the beginning I was thinking "There is NO WAY he is making enough money on youtube to be able to afford this." He is now. (three years in dog sled racing as a live in care taker is why I had so much free time. DOG SLED RACING NEEDS TO BE MAKE ILLEGAL BTW I had about two hours of work a day for the most part. And I could stream line it to even less. Even in the winter when we were training and there was more work I had 6-8 hours a day to watch youtube.
People are often too generous on this site with writing “wow this is documentary level quality” imo, but you guys are one of the rare exceptions where that statement is almost always entirely appropriate. Y’all could for real make a feature length doc on this kind of stuff and release it theatrically and I’m positive it would do extremely well critically. You’re already that good. This shit is better than so many docs I’ve seen in actual theatres. Love when I find a yt channel with that level of craft and quality and of course passion for the subject material
Kevin is a really smart individual that finally learned from his mistakes. I remember reading about him in my early teen years. I have graduated with a bachelors in science cyber security and man he talks so much. He really informs companies and individuals how to protect themselves. As time goes on privacy and cyber attacks going to be more and more common. My advice to everyone is to read his book art of invisibility
I found this person, or at least likely a close associate once as a kid maybe 15 years ago on a grey/blk hat forum because in those days especially they were the best learning environments.. This person showed me in just 1 console that they could access over 154k computers, and just starts scrolling down clicking on their IP and showing their screens in real time. It was humbling.
Most of these graphics I can take seriously, but if there's anything I can say, it's that the few humorous bursts I've had while watching these have been at the random videos of people beating up helpless robots and screaming. Well played, sir.
This part was foreshadowed earlier in the video. You know how some movies will start with a certain event or voice over (Ex. “You might be wondering how I got here”) and then all of a sudden the scene changes and now you’re watching what happened to lead up to that scene in the beginning? That is what he did
My neighbor was one of the Novell employees that was conned by Kevin shortly before he was caught. During the injustice in the court rooms, he too began to fight for Kevin's release. They became good friends after and still talk to this day.
That was really well done and interesting. It's cool to learn about hackers in the 90's and what they did. I wonder if Kevin started a peak in whitehat hackers?
Well put together film. Some constructive criticism; The timeline and order of events was impossible to follow along. Too many loose threads, too difficult to decipher the whole picture or even how we went from one to the next, seemingly nothing tying them together. Other statements are just like "wut did he just say", not because I don't understand tech - but because they're just factually incorrect with how tech works. The easiest example: DNS is not called domain management system. It's an acronym for Domain Name System. The other example, that was NOT a registry key (or could have been, who knows; because that's just ONE way to display binary data). Also, a registry key, is available on only ONE type of Operating System (Windows), and is not on others. But that's irrelevant to what was displayed because it's just a data storage medium and doesn't do what you suggested it does. P.S. The (what I assume is humor) that people believed viruses could PHYSICALLY blow up computers was a real believable thing back in the 90s and early 2000's. You have NO IDEA how difficult it was explaining to technophobes that software can NOT and does NOT, DESTROY hardware.
It's not even remotely what happened, Disrupt uses clickbait and lies. Kevin was only able to get into the phone lines at NCCS (NC2), which connects the GOC, and NAOC (nuclear and missile command centers). He had no control over anything, just tapping into a network, which could potentially provide day-to-day information that might become a national security risk according to DEFSEC protocols (debatable). Kevin's hack was inherently harmless, thus the call for his release. Nuclear armaments are not connected to a network for that very reason to avoid a hack (AKA, air-gapped). Each launch site is controlled via analog (no electrical or network-based systems) and there are several steps beginning with a phone call from the president's nuclear bucker to begin the launch sequence. Important to know that due to these safety measures, once a launch sequence is in play, there is no stopping it, short of destroying the payload or ICBM. Which is why any form of security breach is taken very seriously. So no, Kevin never had any control over nuclear weapons, nor did he have any connection to them. His hack was a simple comms sniffer that was completely harmless. However, any exploit of government netsec is met with one hell of a charge, regardless of the protentional for revealing national security flaws.
Seriously! I almost cheered when his face went from blurred to clear and his new title was displayed. I bet you he's where all the story lines on tv and movies of brilliant hackers that were bad and given a chance to work for the government originate.
