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When I talk to people for #HackerHistory and ask the question “tell me your hacker story” they immediately start talking about their childhood

It could be they were born hackers, but I think it’s more likely every kid is a hacker. Some of us just never grew up

DM me if you want to tell your story

reading time! an excerpt from his new book on the L0pht origin story, @spacerog writes about his forays into the scene and the invitation to "the loft", which would go on to become the famous L0pht.

cyberscoop.com/boston-l0pht-ha

"I think what attracted me to joining a bunch of people I barely knew and sharing a working space was a sense of belonging and camaraderie. After being discharged from the Army, moving to Boston and having to leave school, I was feeling isolated ... So when Brian presented me with that offer, I considered it a pretty big deal, even if I didn’t consciously realize all the reasons why."

CyberScoopPhreaks and l33ts: Inside the early ‘90s tech scene that created L0pht, the legendary hackerspace L0pht hackers testified before Congress and then went on to shape today’s cybersecurity industry. This is the story of how it started.