Steve on Nostr: 38 years ago today, Dade Murphy aka Zero Cool crashed 1507 computers, causing a 7 ...
38 years ago today, Dade Murphy aka Zero Cool crashed 1507 computers, causing a 7 point drop in the NY stock exchange. He was 11 and his family was fined $45,000. He was banned from touching a computer until he turned 18.
#hackers
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2026-08-11 11:23:03 UTCEvent JSON
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