A few remarkable things about Harun's first hack.

This was early 90s.

We were in Matric.

We are still learning about a fairly new subject called computer science.

And the first thing was the guy is sitting next to him, myself included, didn't even realize

he was hacking into the program while sitting next to him.

Secondly, most of our students didn't realize it was a hack, that he had changed something

that he wasn't supposed to do.

But the most extraordinary thing was the teacher, the guy was supposed to be the expert on the subject,

didn't know how to undo it and was panicking.

And Kekar was my nickname, but he knew it couldn't be me.

And he just, he was in an absolute panic how to get Harun to change it back, which was hilarious.

Hello, Cyber listeners.

This is Lorenzo Franceschi B. Kirai.

Back for another special episode of our series, My First Hack.

Joining me today is Arun Mir.

He's a frequent speaker at conferences all over the world, you know, when those were still a thing.

And he's also the founder of cybersecurity startup Thinks Canary, a company that provides an alarm system against hackers.

Arun's first hack was made possible by simply manipulating one character on a computer. And sometimes, that's how great

stories begin. So, hi, Arun, thanks for being on the show. It's always nice to catch up.

Thanks for having me.

And yeah, so I guess tell me what was your first hack? What was the story? What was your origin story?

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