Hacking

Hacktivist group Cyber Partisans normally targets Belarus’ repressive government, led by Europe’s last dictator. But now the resistance group has its sights set on Putin.

In this episode of The Big Steal we learn how North Korean hackers allegedly stole more than 1.3 Billion dollars from foreign banks and cryptocurrency exchanges.

Famed hacker Kevin Mitnick sets up a social engineering attack against Motorola to steal the source code for the MicroTAC Ultralite cellphone.

When he was only 16, Kevin Mitnick hacked the drive-up windows of a local McDonald’s. To this day, he says this is his favorite hack ever.

MOTHERBOARD meets with Matt Mitchell, the founder of CryptoHarlem.

Security analyst Ersin Domangue shows us some pro tips on how to pick a lock.

In this Pilot episode of Greatest Moments in Hacking History, Motherboard talks to hacker Samy Kamkar about the time he took down Myspace.