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to be fixed because of some errors or viruses they caught.

It was then I also got the Online Marketing bug and have never regretted doing this at all.

Tim Rosengren | TimRR
"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending." -Maria Robinson
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Cybercriminals and Breakfast Cereal

Jul 31st 2010 at 1:21 PM

A toy whistle from a cereal box might not be as cool as an iPad, but it helped one man become famous as one of the first hackers.

John Draper, aka Captain Crunch (after Cap'’n Crunch cereal), employed cereal box whistles and, eventually multi-frequency tone generators he built, to “phone phreak." This is the act of cracking phone networks and making free calls.

Thanks to a 1971 Esquire article, the Captain, who went on to work for Apple and develop EasyWriter word processing software, was one of the most famous early hackers

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Sep 15th 2010 at 1:20 PM by greenecoguy
Vardy Inderesting......as I keep telling people ....I learn something new every day .....I like this learn-ded stuff!!! I remember another Captain; ..........."Captain Video" ...anyone as old as me ????? Ron
   
Aug 10th 2010 at 2:51 PM by drknlvly6781
Odd, but very interesting! And great job with the headline I had to find out what you were talking about!
   

Aug 2nd 2010 at 10:15 AM by musicman
Hi Tim Capt.Crunch came after my time, if we hacked him and sent him to work for apple who knows. hahaha I am a member of hackthissite.org hackers who help lol Jasydee
   
Aug 2nd 2010 at 10:15 AM by visionary
Interesting article. Captain Crunch was my favorite cereal when I was a kid.
   
Jul 31st 2010 at 1:24 PM by yhbecpublisher
Hi Tim, love this. I always wondered why he was called Captain Crunch LOL
   

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