In 1903, Gullielmo Marconi, an electrical engineer and the man, often credited with having invented

radio,

set out to demonstrate a new theory of his to the world.

That tuned to the same frequency,

he could send the signal from one radio transmitter to another over any distance.

Not only that, but the signal would be completely private, no interference fully secure.

A celebrity in the field, Marconi was confident in his discovery.

So he arranged for a show to be held in an historic London theatre before the British aristocracy and the

national press.

And everything would have gone to plan too if not for one of Marconi's long-time rivals.

A man whose actions that day, you might say, made him the first Grey Hat hacker ever. Hi, I'm Raya Levy.

Welcome back to Malicious Life in collaboration with Cyberizum.

In today's episode, Gullielmo Marconi, the beloved hated, disputed inventor of radio gets

trolled by a mustached magician in the world's first ever wireless man in the middle

attack.

Nearly a decade,

nearly a decade before his 1903 London showcase, Gulelemo Marconi demonstrated his first proof of concept before an audience of his mother.

In his late teenage years he'd become interested in reading

about and tinkering with radio transmission in the attic of his home in

Veneto Italy. It didn't take him long to evolve from an enthusiast to a bonafide

inventor. Late at night in December of 1894 he placed a button, a transmitter, on a bench in his home, and a bell, a receiver on the other

side of the room. Using radio waves, he was able to make the bell ring simply by pressing the button.

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