Break The Internet

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

True Crime, Society & Culture

4.7 • 39.4K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2014

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Summary

In 1999, most of America's tech hysteria centered around Y2K. But at that same time, a teenager in Canada named Mike Calce was messing around in chat rooms, meeting hackers, and learning tricks. At 15, he decided to put his knowledge to the test. To push up against the Internet's limits, and in some places, break them. In the end, he managed to pull off something no one had ever seen before. Today, we talk to the self-proclaimed “MafiaBoy.” Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop. Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Support for this show comes from Krakan.
0:03.0	Krypto is like the financial system, but different.
0:07.0	It doesn't care where you come from, what you look like, your credit score,
0:11.0	or your outrageous food delivery habits.
0:13.7	crypto is finance for everyone everywhere all the time.
0:18.4	Krakhan, see what crypto can be.
0:21.3	Don't invest unless you're prepared to lose all the money you invest.
0:25.0	This is a high risk investment and you should not expect to be protected if something goes wrong. At Barclays, we're here for the land of football.
0:35.0	We're here for the Premier League.
0:38.0	And the Barclays Women's Super League.
0:41.0	We're here for the football chance for giving more girls a chance. We're
0:48.1	here for the grassroots and all the muddy booths. From schools to stadiums, we're here for it all.
0:55.0	Barclays, here for the land of football.
1:00.0	How easy would it be for you to hack into my stuff right now?
1:04.0	If I really wanted to and I was at a computer, it would probably take me about half an hour.
1:10.0	And you could find out everything.
1:12.0	I find out everything. I find out everything.
1:13.0	Your bank account information, your Twitter password,
1:16.0	your all your passwords to all your accounts.
1:19.0	Half an hour.
1:20.0	Give or take.
1:21.0	This is Mike Calchay. Like so many of us, he first accessed the internet in the
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