The Kids Who Hacked The CIA

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  • Опубліковано 16 бер 2024
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    This is the story of the kids who Hacked the CIA.
    Check out Darknet Diaries Episode on D3f4ult: darknetdiaries.com/episode/139/
    Sources:
    docs.google.com/document/d/1K...
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    Simpli - Dark Dark Internet
    Simpli - Nexus
    Artlist:
    Yarin Primak - My Lord
    Quinten Coblentz - Game Over
    Matthias Förster - Infection
    Jonathan Guerstein - Dark Spirits
    Or Chausha - The Tomorrow War
    Tamuz Dekel - My Right Foot
    Sémo - Elapsed
    Alon Peretz - A Forest Dark
    Yehezkel Raz - Tiding
    Onyx Music - Lucidity
    Notize - Float
    Max H. - Dark Horizons
    Kyle Preston - Shadow Movements
    10,000 Hours - Underscore
    LensDistortions.com:
    Teams - No Percussion
    Inversion
    Inversion - No Percussion
    Foundations - No Puls, Percussion
    Take It Back
    Impossible
    Meaning
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    Armchair documentaries, almost weekly
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  • @thestomache
    @thestomache Місяць тому +22339

    imagine being a 15 year old, smoking some weed and be like "I'm gonna prank call the head of the CIA and ask for five trillion dollars"

    • @username8644
      @username8644 Місяць тому +434

      The weed part is cringe, but everything else is respectable.

    • @0xmichiru
      @0xmichiru Місяць тому

      The weed part is based. Get over yourself@@username8644

    • @kaneqost172
      @kaneqost172 Місяць тому +1290

      ​@@username8644Weed is neutral. But it makes the situation wayyyyy funnier

    • @Yayashiii
      @Yayashiii Місяць тому

      I agree, the weed part is funny AF. ​@@kaneqost172

    • @Chipsandsalsa183
      @Chipsandsalsa183 Місяць тому +475

      ​@@username8644weed is cringe? How about using cringe is cringe, how old are you? Jfc.

  • @coolepic519
    @coolepic519 Місяць тому +17467

    I love how despite it being horrible, his first idea was to just destroy student loan debts, thats great

    • @Amuta5
      @Amuta5 Місяць тому +574

      That alone makes him stand out

    • @sashalink1886
      @sashalink1886 Місяць тому

      You should watch Mr Robot

    • @JohnMarston-sf1vk
      @JohnMarston-sf1vk Місяць тому +170

      I mean not really. The institutions need that money to operate. What? You want then to oah the teachers even less? Or simply not hire cleaners? Or maybe no security guards? Maybe not competent security locks or doors. Come on now.. Yeah it's easy to say "Student Debt Bad" but remember, there's actual human beings on the other side of the transaction as well.

    • @errantnomad
      @errantnomad Місяць тому

      @@JohnMarston-sf1vk they do not need hundreds of thousands of dollars PER STUDENT to accomplish what you mentioned. Stop bootlicking.

    • @Adrianvargas23
      @Adrianvargas23 Місяць тому

      @@JohnMarston-sf1vklet’s be fr government will just print more money

  • @ashjohnson4451
    @ashjohnson4451 Місяць тому +3370

    when you’re punished for trying to show the truth, you know you’re being ruled by the criminals

    • @projectsspecial9224
      @projectsspecial9224 Місяць тому +6

      Depends what side you are on

    • @The_voices_are_getting_louder_
      @The_voices_are_getting_louder_ Місяць тому +59

      Facts, you worded perfectly, word by word on what my motivation is on acquiring the cia's military documents, it's the truth

    • @camharkness
      @camharkness Місяць тому +63

      Ngl, this is the first time I've actually seen that used correctly, and not just by someone who got in trouble for saying something extremely homophobic or antisemitic.

    • @rarefruit2320
      @rarefruit2320 Місяць тому

      No doubt about it! In the US the truth is illegal and the lie is circulated as truth

    • @tegaedwards
      @tegaedwards 27 днів тому +3

      Two wrongs don’t make a right.

  • @mick6247
    @mick6247 Місяць тому +1287

    I love how this kid hacked into a college,and the first thing he did remove the student loans

    • @projectsspecial9224
      @projectsspecial9224 Місяць тому +34

      He should have developed his career in cybersecurity instead of ending up in prison and broke for the rest of his life...always consequences to your actions

    • @mick6247
      @mick6247 Місяць тому

      @@projectsspecial9224 fr bro had potential he was smart

    • @W910o2
      @W910o2 17 днів тому

      @@projectsspecial9224Many of these hackers get job offers for the CIA themselves so he didn’t lose anything. And what your saying is that we keep government fking us over without any sort of punishment

    • @W910o2
      @W910o2 17 днів тому +74

      @@projectsspecial9224so many lives are fked over because of student loans there is no fking reason why IT SHOULD GO OVER 100k IN STUDENT LOANS the cost of education is crazy and for simple degrees at that Medical school is understandable but Art majors and English cmon man

    • @Christopher-nv9xy
      @Christopher-nv9xy 16 днів тому +10

      ​@@W910o2Shouldn't borrow money that you can't pay back

  • @GoldenBlue...
    @GoldenBlue... Місяць тому +30981

    while kids hack the cia, my 24 year old ass tries to learn fl studio

    • @a-google-user07
      @a-google-user07 Місяць тому +301

      lol
      edit: this comment had 24 likes when i commented dayum

    • @robiaster
      @robiaster Місяць тому +174

      mood

    • @kaiyuVFX
      @kaiyuVFX Місяць тому +117

      true true 😂

    • @dominicaeashy
      @dominicaeashy Місяць тому +44

      LMAO

    • @des5130
      @des5130 Місяць тому +38

      Bruh 😭😭😭

  • @ThatMilkJuice
    @ThatMilkJuice Місяць тому +11169

    I don’t understand what they’re doing is a crime when the government themselves commit the same thing.

    • @virtualgambit577
      @virtualgambit577 Місяць тому +2018

      “Rules for thee, not for me”

    • @ThatonedudeCR12956
      @ThatonedudeCR12956 Місяць тому +254

      It's called legitimate power. Elected officials are supposed to act on behalf of everyone else and do things they can't do in order to improve their lives. You can argue all you want about legal vs illegal but its hard to say the government was acting solely in bad faith when they were generally acting as people said they would and basically knew they would once the Patriot Act etc was passed.

    • @whitefang2734
      @whitefang2734 Місяць тому +373

      Because the state does not like competition.

    • @GhostSamaritan
      @GhostSamaritan Місяць тому +328

      ​@@ThatonedudeCR12956Glowies aren't democtatically elected. They regulate themselves.

    • @bucketsm1639
      @bucketsm1639 Місяць тому

      It’s because they don’t own a monopoly on violence. If they did - they’d be the government

  • @LolPlove
    @LolPlove 17 днів тому +479

    These teenagers probably are 100x cleaner than the gov. They just wanted to help shape a world that they wanted to live in.

    • @DeePsway-nu2mc
      @DeePsway-nu2mc 5 днів тому +6

      10Million x times cleaner

    • @SaltyCado
      @SaltyCado 3 дні тому

      Use your brains. They had to learn how to do this somehow, you can even watch interviews of the governments best hackers and you legit cannot learn to hack without being unethical. You gotta start somewhere when it comes to hacking and they certainly didn't learn to do this on the government. Everyone loves to be a hero even if they do just as bad as shit as the ones they're taking down ​@@DeePsway-nu2mc

  • @ChRiStY4t5
    @ChRiStY4t5 25 днів тому +293

    I can understand taking their electronics. House arrest. Maybe even huge fines. But prison for a kid just bc he OUTSMARTED them for so long, is bullshit.

    • @AzadShahin-cu7nr
      @AzadShahin-cu7nr 12 днів тому +12

      Stupid, what are you saying, the kid hacked millions of money, it's like a bank robbery, and yet you say that a few years is so long for them just because they are kids?

    • @ChRiStY4t5
      @ChRiStY4t5 12 днів тому +23

      @AzadShahin-cu7nr absolutely. They do not have the capacity to forsee the ramifications of what they thought were all fun and games. Yes they knew it was wrong and it was big but their minds didn't leave the fun of the game behind the computer.

    • @shanelamontagne7334
      @shanelamontagne7334 11 днів тому +6

      If they didn't punish them in the confines of the law, that would leave the door open for any kid to do the same without ramifications.

    • @ChRiStY4t5
      @ChRiStY4t5 11 днів тому

      @@shanelamontagne7334 they should be punished without a doubt. Not to that extent.

    • @cappingcat7660
      @cappingcat7660 11 днів тому +1

      ⁠@@AzadShahin-cu7nr sometimes people like u need to use your brain

  • @kagagosimo
    @kagagosimo Місяць тому +7069

    kids be hacking cia while me having a hard time how to deactivate my facebook account.

    • @jatin5444
      @jatin5444 Місяць тому +148

      And we search that on UA-cam that how to deactivate Facebook account 😂😂

    • @quillistolitch925
      @quillistolitch925 Місяць тому +72

      They made it that way on purpose 😔

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Місяць тому +38

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back.

    • @dints
      @dints Місяць тому

      @@highestpeeqs9532 shut the fuck up

    • @SuccessVisualisation
      @SuccessVisualisation Місяць тому +4

      This tutorial was so helpful! I struggled with this concept for so long, but now I finally understand. Thank you!

  • @laavanya5206
    @laavanya5206 Місяць тому +5266

    “The worst part of betrayal is that it doesn’t come from an enemy”

    • @sachisachi.
      @sachisachi. Місяць тому +174

      exactly? like, his friend turned him in- thats cruel, tho the hacker wasnt doing a great job, but damn..friend.

    • @sulisueeeeee0553
      @sulisueeeeee0553 Місяць тому +112

      ​@@sachisachi.U don't seem to understand people will literally sell out their own families for money. In this case, the "friend" knew he will get a reward (even though CIA have been caught multiple times not paying the reward) but ig the saying is true don't trust any1

    • @sachisachi.
      @sachisachi. Місяць тому +16

      @@sulisueeeeee0553 true..and the reality, that is THIS, just sucks, people get blindfolded when it comes to their own comfort.

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Місяць тому +19

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back.

    • @killskill9391
      @killskill9391 Місяць тому +1

      @@sulisueeeeee0553I don’t know. Being aware of the fact that you’re friend is responsible for all of the chaos… even though you may find it justified, can lead to a great amount of guilt building up. Your keeping a secret that could be responsible for people’s deaths. (Think of the leaked FBI-agents. Some of them may have been undercover)
      That’s not something everyone would want to handle. Or should. Or could.

  • @lucascurley3257
    @lucascurley3257 16 днів тому +104

    imagine being director of the CIA while previously had a drug problem so big you had 130k worth of cocaine at one point

    • @mehmeh1053
      @mehmeh1053 2 дні тому

      the cia helped the movement of cocaine into the US so🤷‍♂️

  • @gordonramslay9955
    @gordonramslay9955 19 днів тому +583

    This 15 year old committed some of the craziest hacking crimes, meanwhile I’m almost 18 and don’t know how to save a Word document 😭

    • @anasreza782
      @anasreza782 18 днів тому +17

      Ctrl + S 😂

    • @Tom-ku1ep
      @Tom-ku1ep 11 днів тому +3

      no flex but I can program some shit

    • @lkmnlhkm467
      @lkmnlhkm467 11 днів тому +1

      can you at least read an analog clock?

    • @user-kx8pu6ys5i
      @user-kx8pu6ys5i 10 днів тому

      ​@@Tom-ku1epI could program when I was 9, not a flex at all though, trust.

    • @user-hs2zy9ds1y
      @user-hs2zy9ds1y 8 днів тому +3

      what is word document ?
      lol

  • @isaacwatanabe9599
    @isaacwatanabe9599 Місяць тому +6353

    I find it absolutely hilarious that some random nerd sitting in his bedroom can hack a whole government. Like how do they expect to maintain cyber security against their enemies when they cant fend off a few computer savvy kids?

    • @anarchy_79
      @anarchy_79 Місяць тому +272

      It's like they say in IT- when everything works, management wonders what they even keep sysadmins around for. When things break they wonder why they keep sysadmins around if things break anyway...

    • @JenMarco
      @JenMarco Місяць тому

      They don’t have enemies. They’re the terrorists that they tell us about

    • @Praisethesunson
      @Praisethesunson Місяць тому

      It's almost like it's just a lie used to justify spying on you

    • @PotatoChipse
      @PotatoChipse Місяць тому +26

      They should be rewarded 😂

    • @moreproblematic
      @moreproblematic Місяць тому +62

      The 2000s were a pretty weird time for cybersecurity. It was becoming increasingly better supported and understood, but you were still coming out of a relative degree of innocence and naivete due to how recent it all was. Laws had yet to fully catch up, security practices were very much still being figured out, and generally it was just a weaker time.
      It's also a constant game of attack and defense, what it looks like today vs 2008 are wildly different because of this. A lot of it involved making lower level agencies (Possibly with their own rules and policies, often weaker or poorly implemented) come in line with mandatory standards and practices. It's not infallible, but it does a lot.

  • @nikanj
    @nikanj Місяць тому +13073

    Whether you believe what the did was right or wrong you can't deny they had good intentions. Neither of them were in it for personal gain, in fact, they had everything to lose.

    • @jtgd
      @jtgd Місяць тому +259

      Doubt they legitimately cared. It was likely for clout and attention

    • @toptohyekoms
      @toptohyekoms Місяць тому +38

      Yeah they cheat through shortcuts to achieve their good intentions

    • @tyronebrown3837
      @tyronebrown3837 Місяць тому

      Maybe
      But deleting college debt is only good nothing bad happens from that​@@jtgd

    • @MRJMXHD
      @MRJMXHD Місяць тому +447

      Leaking the details of 20,000 federal employees was wrong. I don't care about the head of the FBI or CIA getting messed with, but leaking employees details is fucked up. They're just lower ranked officers following orders.

    • @Xezian
      @Xezian Місяць тому

      @@MRJMXHDyeah and if it's wrong for their information to be stolen and given out to others they don't want having that information it's wrong for the federal government to do the same to its citizens or the citizens of foreign countries. They are complicit in helping this surveillance state we live in operate, any one of them could take actions against it like Snowden did, but they don't. If you're actively complicit with evil actions, it doesn't matter if you were "just following orders", you are helping this type of evil prevail and you are partially responsible. Every person has the power to change the world around them and make a difference in it, the fact they don't use theirs to help oppose this surveillance state especially when they're in a much better position to than most people, is all on them. They reaped what they sowed.

  • @kakashishinoda
    @kakashishinoda 16 днів тому +88

    I love how this kid has a poster of a game on his wall, and a Lego figure on his shelf 6 years before they released.

  • @qu3nt
    @qu3nt 16 днів тому +29

    hacking back than was way easier, unpatched servers was everywhere unprotected directly on internet

  • @x0rn312
    @x0rn312 Місяць тому +4643

    That initial phone call really cracks me up.... it's so juvenile yet so perfect

    • @louisenichols6825
      @louisenichols6825 Місяць тому +344

      Calling and saying "You're an f-ing loser" to a random person is just mean, but saying to the head of the CIA is amazing.

    • @oliviasooooksk
      @oliviasooooksk Місяць тому +17

      I honestly like a lot of his comments over the phone lol.

    • @hellonomasonto
      @hellonomasonto Місяць тому +67

      I laughed so hard, I rewinded it 🤣🤣. And he demanded 5 trillion dollars 😆. He was probably high as a kite.

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Місяць тому +6

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back.

    • @SuccessVisualisation
      @SuccessVisualisation Місяць тому +1

      Wow, I never knew about this topic until I stumbled upon this video. It's so interesting and well-explained!

  • @jackwilliam2965
    @jackwilliam2965 Місяць тому +1955

    The CiA director going under cover after a prank call is just hilarious 😂

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI Місяць тому +8

      That would happen in most high schools, Bud, not just the CIA which would get 1000s of such calls.

    • @waltuhx3x3
      @waltuhx3x3 Місяць тому +1

      @@BlueBeeMCMLXI Yeah no shit lmfao but we expect the CIA to be smarter than schools. You are under every comment looking stupid as fuck LMAOO

    • @mlbp2567
      @mlbp2567 19 днів тому +5

      Just shows how ridiculous the U.S. is

    • @logictom7254
      @logictom7254 16 днів тому

      @@mlbp2567 how is it ridiculous? he has been hacked either way so going under cover is protocol.

    • @lnfu4778
      @lnfu4778 День тому

      @@BlueBeeMCMLXItf does that even mean? That would happen to most hs?

  • @SuccessVisualisation
    @SuccessVisualisation Місяць тому +24

    This video is amazing! The editing is so smooth, and the music fits perfectly. Great job!

  • @CrazyFN.
    @CrazyFN. Місяць тому +36

    What a fantastic video dude. So well edited and good storytelling. Amazing!

  • @koghs
    @koghs Місяць тому +3622

    "Not funny didn't laugh" *drone strikes your location*

  • @SCUMMY4205
    @SCUMMY4205 Місяць тому +875

    "I smoke pot and I live in America" he said behind a distorted british accent

    • @969696KaySean969696
      @969696KaySean969696 17 днів тому +29

      ALL DAY EVERYDAY

    • @natalia_00123
      @natalia_00123 15 днів тому +23

      "Live in America"
      He didn't say he was American.

    • @Susieq26754
      @Susieq26754 14 днів тому +4

      I think he is Australian.

    • @funkyfranx
      @funkyfranx 2 дні тому

      That did not sound like a British accent at all to me. I thought it was Default on that phone call?

  • @dhobnob4179
    @dhobnob4179 Місяць тому +39

    First video I’ve seen from this channel. Subscribed straight away. Great work.

  • @nickymicky2758
    @nickymicky2758 Місяць тому +12

    Maybe I shouldn’t be this deep into youtube or this bottle of tequilla…. But man that was such a well structured video lol. Phenomenal story telling, graphics, and so informative. Good stuff ❤️

  • @publicspeaker4009
    @publicspeaker4009 Місяць тому +6479

    1:10 "he loves to smoke weed, in fact he is high right now." 🤣🤣

    • @Fingernamedkid7
      @Fingernamedkid7 Місяць тому +43

      Real

    • @KingSloth408
      @KingSloth408 Місяць тому +174

      Lmaoo right I was like “…shit..same” *puts bong down*

    • @mrsapplez2007
      @mrsapplez2007 Місяць тому +44

      ​@@KingSloth408put mine out as I heard that and chuckled

    • @Happy_Shopper
      @Happy_Shopper Місяць тому +13

      What else is there to do on a housing estate in the West Midlands?

    • @victoryeditz688
      @victoryeditz688 Місяць тому +26

      "Founded by Cracka, who is always high"

  • @swerpmachine8261
    @swerpmachine8261 Місяць тому +2435

    The fact that two teenagers are raided by internationally regarded law enforcement globally for the embarrassment of a top-tier federal agent, then given years in a juvinile detention center and federal prison respectively, shows just how insecure the Criminal justice system in the US is.

    • @swerpmachine8261
      @swerpmachine8261 Місяць тому

      Imaging the phone call John Brennan gave to the (assumed) NCA, about a top tier, anonymous hacker, dangerous to the national security of the United States and its allies. And it is a high as hell teenager.

    • @sulisueeeeee0553
      @sulisueeeeee0553 Місяць тому +64

      They have been proved to be doing illegal sh*t relentlessly times but power is a crazy tool.

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Місяць тому +22

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back.

    • @BlueBeeMCMLXI
      @BlueBeeMCMLXI Місяць тому +13

      You have the mind of a child.

    • @poogle9368
      @poogle9368 Місяць тому +13

      Hard to cover all bases when you have 500 of them globally and are a massive police state with 25% of the worlds incacerated population despite being only 2% of global population. Also hard to convince anyone both intelligent and good to work for you if you are openly doing that.

  • @alexstacey2126
    @alexstacey2126 20 днів тому +25

    Major props!
    The way you looped the incogni ad into the storyline to where it actually made sense/went along with what was being discussed at that point in the video, was genius. I normally fast forward when someone does an ad mid video because it just randomly breaks up the video with an off-topic ad but I legit thought it was part of the video where you were just mentioning a way to try to protect your data (obviously there is no way to 100% protect it, but its better than doing nothing) until you mentioned that if people put "fern/tv" they'll get a discount. You got my ass. Major props.
    NOTE: I'm typing this mid-video after that part just passed and so far, great fucking video. I threw you a follow

  • @backgroundmusic5523
    @backgroundmusic5523 Місяць тому +8

    Love your videos. I can see there was a lot of effort put into these videos and I respect you for that. Keep up the good work bro.

  • @smhmaxx261
    @smhmaxx261 Місяць тому +3023

    it's really interesting how cracka's passion was toward a war that is still going on to this day. i hope there will be someone like him raising so much awareness in the near future.

    • @Palestineonline313
      @Palestineonline313 Місяць тому

      Its a genocide made by israel against palestinians

    • @sulisueeeeee0553
      @sulisueeeeee0553 Місяць тому +1

      On god. It's crazy there are literally millions being bombed because of Some1s greed n power. Fuck, even the US don't care about its own citizens. They will make sure they suffer just so the rich can get richer and hoard on to their wealth. CIA has been of doing illegal shit many times but power is a crazy tool.

    • @highestpeeqs9532
      @highestpeeqs9532 Місяць тому +14

      Jesus loves yall, died for us, and rose again! Jesus calls for all of us to repent! He's coming back.

    • @Palestineonline313
      @Palestineonline313 Місяць тому

      @@highestpeeqs9532 bible is changed

    • @brotakig1531
      @brotakig1531 Місяць тому +25

      To be fair a 15 year old doesn't even know how the world works, but when you get bullied a war would remind you of your struggles I guess.

  • @fluesque
    @fluesque Місяць тому +1978

    The amount of details that is displayed from the handmade animations is crazy and often overlooked. The fitting narration is just the cherry on top.

  • @Serratosfan
    @Serratosfan 25 днів тому +6

    The quality with which this video was made just makes me speechless! Keep up the outstanding work 🔥

  • @ryanainlay224
    @ryanainlay224 Місяць тому +12

    DUDE MAJOR PROPS for that seamless add transition. Earned a sub for that.
    Also, thanks for covering this! As a kid who graduated highschool in 08 and had a front row seat to all of this stuff its awesome to see these stories and accounts continued on for more to know about. It was an interesting time to be online in your early 20s with knowledge of how to navigate and where to get information. Cool time to be alive.

  • @APersonOG
    @APersonOG Місяць тому +2290

    That was honestly the best transition to a sponsorship I've seen in a while...

    • @whitneyturner7508
      @whitneyturner7508 Місяць тому +84

      I was thinking the exact same thing. Didn’t even realize it was a sponsored product until he mentioned the website. That transition was clean 😂

    • @coolorphans
      @coolorphans Місяць тому +20

      No, it really wasn't. I felt cold chills knowing he was about to sponsor some crappy company selling you something you don't need. I guess I'm just not an NPC🤷‍♀

    • @RedstoneMiner18
      @RedstoneMiner18 Місяць тому +7

      Vanced skipped it

    • @disturbance9595
      @disturbance9595 Місяць тому

      go watch pyrocynical😊

    • @emelyzalez
      @emelyzalez Місяць тому

      @@coolorphansshutup

  • @JoelReid
    @JoelReid Місяць тому +2364

    The weakest point of privacy is the person who doesn't check on who they are talking to.

    • @iAmCodeMonkey
      @iAmCodeMonkey Місяць тому +3

      Yep.

    • @SuperLifestream
      @SuperLifestream Місяць тому +20

      which is actually the 2nd weakest. the weakest point in privacy is the human element

    • @phantomtec
      @phantomtec Місяць тому

      8:10
      [SCENE] Young foreign man enters "establishment" || Romanian Pimp in RED LIGHT district is at the entrance...
      [PIMP] "So what you want.?"
      [Young Man] "Huh...um...?"
      [PIMP] "You want Bitch or Hoe?"
      [Young Man] "Wait what?"
      [PIMP] "Quick boy, you want Bitch or Hoe?"
      [SETTING] Feeling little "zesty", the young man considers the question, answering, in the hopes of not receiving a dead route...
      [Young Man] "Bitch please."
      [PIMP] "O, you in for good night boy..."
      I'll let everyone figure out the rest from here... and Peace
      "No one should limit us in the realm of possibilities.
      We can all play a part in innovation pressing forward."
      || PHANTOM TEC 2024 ||

    • @engineer_gaming_221
      @engineer_gaming_221 Місяць тому +50

      Funny how that's what got one of them into the CIA lead's account, by tricking tech support. Yet it's also what got one of them busted, by yapping to a friend who told on him.

    • @anarchy_79
      @anarchy_79 Місяць тому +35

      The weakest point of privacy is your big blabbering mouth is what it is.

  • @collinhofmann1091
    @collinhofmann1091 21 день тому +3

    I love this visuals you put together bro. Fantastic work

  • @NikitaInShambles
    @NikitaInShambles Місяць тому +6

    wow that ad was so smooth i didn't even realize you were promoting something for the first thirty seconds of it lol

  • @GuillemPoy
    @GuillemPoy Місяць тому +2626

    This is by far the best visuals of any of your videos. I'm loving the progress!

    • @HaydenEvora
      @HaydenEvora Місяць тому +7

      I agree! Insane! 😮❤

    • @n.r.8719
      @n.r.8719 Місяць тому +3

      I subscribed because of this comment. Never seen another video from him but I’m glad the algorithm is working and apparently his quality has grown as well.

    • @lukedzn5665
      @lukedzn5665 Місяць тому +18

      This channel ist actually a collab between the Team of the german youtube channel Simplicissiumus and the dutch youtuber Hoog (Who is voicing this video)

    • @EEEEEEEE
      @EEEEEEEE Місяць тому +2

      E‎ ‎ ‎

    • @kindofanmol
      @kindofanmol Місяць тому +2

      I listened to it as a podcast and now you've tempted me to watch it again

  • @28dudley
    @28dudley Місяць тому +920

    Its crazy to me that these crimes gets u longer sentences in jail than some rapists…fucked up system

    • @W910o2
      @W910o2 17 днів тому +18

      These hackers get a high chance into working for the CIA themselves. The reason rapist isn’t even valued much more of a crime than murders is because if they did that than they would be outing themselves which many officials and higher ups do.

    • @ragnarok4241
      @ragnarok4241 16 днів тому

      Cause u dont need any special ability to rape someone while hacking government facilities does.

    • @jaeminthecreator2877
      @jaeminthecreator2877 15 днів тому

      @@W910o2so they don’t give rapists higher sentences because the people making the laws are child molesters themselves? Horrible

    • @leaheames8995
      @leaheames8995 День тому

      @@W910o2this is why child predators get such lenient sentences.

  • @Peter-du5zf
    @Peter-du5zf Місяць тому +3

    Super interesting content and great production. Thanks for this mate :)

  • @masongarofalo9370
    @masongarofalo9370 12 днів тому +4

    22:06 "Make sure its worth it" is crazy

  • @tokensupreme684
    @tokensupreme684 Місяць тому +649

    It’s not about the level of crime but the level of embarrassment perceived by authority that dictates the punishment. The most fragile thing is the ego of those in power.

    • @steve7814
      @steve7814 Місяць тому +24

      I agree, I would add that its not just about the ego of individual in power. But its also about the face of an institution in power. Posturing is resource relied upon heavily for displaying power. So when weakness and vulnerability is revealed in an institution that relies on its image of power. It causes said institution to have extreme condemning response as a display to refortify its image of powerfulness.

    • @squibbelsmcjohnson
      @squibbelsmcjohnson Місяць тому +4

      Bingo

    • @squibbelsmcjohnson
      @squibbelsmcjohnson Місяць тому +1

      They HATE when you make fools of them and expose them of their weaknesses and corruption, not about the data or information.. At.. All.. It's purely That and that gets you life in prison 😂 obviously that does not persuade future from people doing the same thing but it has happened less since Snowden

    • @raackketeerr4812
      @raackketeerr4812 Місяць тому +2

      💯😊

    • @username8644
      @username8644 Місяць тому +11

      Yeah, imagine if they actually went out and congratulated the hackers for doing them a service. Then I'm sure more people would try to hack for them to better our security. Instead they punish these people which just causes more hackers to be against them. Yes, punish those who are a threat and directly against us, but acknowledge those helping us.

  • @mustafaarif9543
    @mustafaarif9543 Місяць тому +2609

    Will never understand how public sentiments against hackers like these is ever negative. Instead of praising them of their public service and bravery media tries to show them as evil traitors. Just doesn’t make sense to me

    • @user-iz3gv7th6z
      @user-iz3gv7th6z Місяць тому +83

      Project mockingbird

    • @axel665
      @axel665 Місяць тому +22

      Maybe because those same hacks can be used by enemy countries

    • @eddieprieto6511
      @eddieprieto6511 Місяць тому +177

      ​@@axel665Then their dumbasses shouldn't have put that out on the news so everyone knows they got hacked

    • @axel665
      @axel665 Місяць тому

      @@eddieprieto6511 it was published in wikileaks so everyone would knew and this is what hackers want exactly news on govt secreat dealings

    • @burichan5069
      @burichan5069 Місяць тому

      the media is basically another arm of the government

  • @edoardodepiccoli3004
    @edoardodepiccoli3004 9 днів тому +1

    I'm always in awe by the production quality of your videos

  • @mathiasskoglund1909
    @mathiasskoglund1909 Місяць тому +3

    I rarely comment but this time I had to.
    Great video bro, very captivating and high production quality, keep it up ❤️

  • @anarchy_79
    @anarchy_79 Місяць тому +224

    "He never logs in to his own WI-FI" might be the most hacker thing I've ever heard

    • @termitethrasher6809
      @termitethrasher6809 Місяць тому

      This was a lie. D3f4ult started running around spreading lies to make him seem like some super leet hacker. He was never in CWA and he never worked with them. All he done was beg and make harassing phone calls to Brennan. D3f4ult has been abusing the fact the US government mistakenly named him as a CWA member to try garner attention for himself. He had terrible OpSec and the whole satellite dish thing was made up. He logged into his Twitter and Facebook with his home IP.

    • @DL-fl5ul
      @DL-fl5ul Місяць тому

      The most concerning thing of all this is that the head of the CIA is still using AOL in 2019. That alone tells me that he is highly highly incapable of being an intelligence head. Only people that use AOL are 60+ year olds that don't know how to open up an email

  • @spikejohnson6739
    @spikejohnson6739 Місяць тому +1950

    Every hacker bro has a "i had a hard drive with 50 bitcoin on it. But it got lost when my dads bothers, sisters, cousins, dog chewed it up and I lost the data" story they always tell other people.

    • @mo-s-
      @mo-s- Місяць тому +69

      this is also why you always make backups

    • @RichardBaran
      @RichardBaran Місяць тому +107

      I had a few (maybe 3) BTC from idk 2010, it didn't mean much back then. So there wasn't really a reason to freak out about losing them.

    • @4n4Queen
      @4n4Queen Місяць тому +39

      ​@@RichardBaranthat still some money tho , i heard about Bitcoin when i was a kid , i think i was 17/16 , at that time , you can mine it in the application. Pretty regret didn't do it tho. At that time no one know at what price does Bitcoin gonna skyrocket to. Anyone with any browser or any laptop can mine it. Even tho you got potatoes pc or laptop.

    • @shlumhum4912
      @shlumhum4912 Місяць тому

      @@4n4Queen My friend was showing me the dark web markets and how to buy bitcoin when it was $300 per coin... We were unaware teens back then, spending hundreds of thousands in todays money :/

    • @mishXY
      @mishXY Місяць тому

      @@4n4Queen yeah I had approx. 14 btc around the time when bitcoins were a couple of dollars, I only used it for buying "exotic goods" on tor, I always loved how I would get free stuff for letting my PC run over night. so when I lost my keys to the account, because of drive failure I was only upset about the media I have lost. 😂 I used to be kinda pissed off when the BTC price went off the charts, but tbh - I probably would've already sold them at 20$ each back then, as I didn't expect that to go anywhere ^^

  • @blackpanda3397
    @blackpanda3397 Місяць тому +3

    I just love your voice it’s so calming

  • @mserof
    @mserof Місяць тому +6

    “So what’s your background”
    “I smoke pot. All day, everyday”

  • @Eggron.
    @Eggron. Місяць тому +201

    that was the most sneaky sponsor in a video ive ever seen. I thought it was actually apart of the video for a second.

  • @unknownperson7708
    @unknownperson7708 Місяць тому +482

    the storytelling with animations is actually insane. huge props to you man great video

  • @MarsCBG
    @MarsCBG Місяць тому +3

    I attended UWindsor for a few years, with how some of the shit was run (kicking us out of residence with less than a weeks notice during covid, some of the banners hanging in the main building have massive visible misprints of the university's logo) I wouldn't be surprised if at least some of the debt is actually gone for good.

  • @Deidara701
    @Deidara701 7 днів тому +1

    I love how the interviewer’s reaction was more surprised by the fact that default smoked pop over the fact he was potentially still a teenager

  • @bloodleak1
    @bloodleak1 Місяць тому +193

    cybersecurity job offers after knowing what they did in the past are gonna be crazy.

  • @daviddewar6008
    @daviddewar6008 Місяць тому +383

    "All day, everyday" lmao, my man. Stoned as hell causing mayhem on the internet. Brilliant!

  • @weaponizedcuriousity
    @weaponizedcuriousity Місяць тому +2

    You make solid content. Thanks for citing your sources!

  • @crispytaco123
    @crispytaco123 Місяць тому

    +rep for giving the podcast some credits bc he does a shitton of work for his podcast research and hes doing it really clean aswell. BIG UP darknetdiaries

  • @nikolajhokland
    @nikolajhokland Місяць тому +1063

    Currently writing a 20-page essay on the topic of face recognition software used in danish public survaillence. Suddenly, it's really understandable why so many civilrights movements fear it, while government officials and politicians support the idea. As a dane, it worries me that the danish government did'nt set legal boundaries for use of face recognition, even after the AI-Act in the EU.

    • @nurlindafsihotang49
      @nurlindafsihotang49 Місяць тому

      Just look at china. Dissidents caught daily from their taobao account. From their own phone and cctv in their local place

    • @propagandapanda_
      @propagandapanda_ Місяць тому

      When someone steal your Face data from a gov server, you are screwed. They have you Face, so they will have you. And Deepsfakes are only the beginning.

    • @kelzstackz4503
      @kelzstackz4503 Місяць тому +25

      I think we need to keep a watch on the canine diddlers 🤷🏽‍♂️😂

    • @wildpleasureswildpleasures2355
      @wildpleasureswildpleasures2355 Місяць тому

      It seems like the Danish government had it's hands full in legalizing and profiting from animals sex dongeons..

    • @anonwithamnesia
      @anonwithamnesia Місяць тому +16

      That is what happens when you take away the beastility😂

  • @daftnote
    @daftnote Місяць тому +82

    these kids are not villains, they are 21st century digital robin hoods with a slight twist.

  • @TSR2250
    @TSR2250 Місяць тому

    This is absolutely crazy, I live in Windsor and never heard of this hacking until I watched this video

  • @alexjamal3906
    @alexjamal3906 Місяць тому +1

    Literally loved every second of this story!!🔥

  • @trystankirkley5829
    @trystankirkley5829 Місяць тому +568

    This channel has hands down become one of my favorites, the effort, the story telling, and the visuals are all done so well!

  • @yodukenukem
    @yodukenukem Місяць тому +331

    What’s unbelievable is that UA-cam bans fucking ARD
    Every German knows how big of a deal this broadcaster is and what the consequences of banning such a broadcaster would be

    • @marqicewalker1766
      @marqicewalker1766 Місяць тому +11

      What’s/who is ARD?

    • @joefraser855
      @joefraser855 Місяць тому

      I thought it was that, particular video that was banned.
      Is the entire media outlet banned ?

    • @braidyyyyyyy
      @braidyyyyyyy Місяць тому +5

      ​@@joefraser855no its just this video

    • @braidyyyyyyy
      @braidyyyyyyy Місяць тому

      ​@@marqicewalker1766ARD is one of the first german broadcast televisions after WW2.

    • @lukasgiese2331
      @lukasgiese2331 Місяць тому

      ARD Is the first german post war station and is state funded by a mandatory payment of every citizien. It is (or at least likes to think it is) the Nr1 source for news and television journalism. @@marqicewalker1766 In short: It is the german BBC. A big deal.

  • @mxfg1535
    @mxfg1535 Місяць тому

    Truly great stuff, you deserve all your subscribers

  • @DanielRodriguez-gm1ih
    @DanielRodriguez-gm1ih 19 днів тому

    I just wanna say the complimentary animation it’s so good! There was no need to go that hard

  • @pabblo1
    @pabblo1 Місяць тому +512

    I'm surprised D3f4ult only got 5 years in prison, especially as hackers who have done less have gotten 10+ year prison sentences.

    • @ardyrc4531
      @ardyrc4531 Місяць тому +146

      Well the dude in the video said his dad works in the government

    • @kovy689
      @kovy689 Місяць тому +152

      He was only a kid, so prolly that’s why.

    • @essarahimi9122
      @essarahimi9122 Місяць тому +5

      Who are you again judging people here!

    • @HughMadBro
      @HughMadBro Місяць тому +25

      He was underage!

    • @sterix_gg
      @sterix_gg Місяць тому

      He shouldn't have gotten anything. He did nothing more than what the CIA has and is doing at a large scale. But that's the world we're living in and sooner rather than later we'll be paying the high price for turning the blind eye.

  • @isaacschmitt4803
    @isaacschmitt4803 Місяць тому +862

    "What do you want?"
    "For you to stop bombing the Middle East."
    "That's a bridge too far, son! How dare you ask us to give that up?!?"

    • @modables
      @modables Місяць тому +6

      haha so funny 😐

    • @bunnyy42o
      @bunnyy42o Місяць тому +85

      and they never stopped, even to this day

    • @G-Vecom
      @G-Vecom Місяць тому +15

      spoke truth

    • @WazaTropica
      @WazaTropica Місяць тому

      ​@@modablesshut up

    • @rarefruit2320
      @rarefruit2320 Місяць тому

      @@modablesfunny until they come for you. When they run out of stuff to steal in the Middle East you might find them at your house next.

  • @aloguti
    @aloguti 16 днів тому +5

    funny how amazon was spying on their costumers through the RING doorbell last year

  • @Mr.RealMIKE
    @Mr.RealMIKE Місяць тому +2

    this is so good... great job

  • @ThinkerYT
    @ThinkerYT Місяць тому +333

    Nah man this is the best channel on UA-cam at the time. This is wild. Unbelievable quality.

  • @krayxeez
    @krayxeez Місяць тому +252

    these animations are crazy man. Actually insane. I can see you having 10 mil. + subs in a few years, you definitely deserve it

  • @gtskepticalstreams2488
    @gtskepticalstreams2488 Місяць тому

    this was really intresting thanks for the video fr

  • @maxlara8808
    @maxlara8808 23 дні тому

    great video!! I love the animation how you do it

  • @patiencekillz
    @patiencekillz Місяць тому +132

    this is a little bit iconic, i can’t lie

  • @jakubzajicek4505
    @jakubzajicek4505 Місяць тому +192

    Props to the fern animators for making the scenes look so high quality and detailed.

  • @sammulder6878
    @sammulder6878 Місяць тому

    I love this channel, honestly that was so interesting!!

  • @marcsambault5085
    @marcsambault5085 День тому

    woow never thaught someone would actually talk about snowden in a video since it happens soooo long ago now, like when i talk about it everyone is like '' who snowden?''. wich i think is mindblowing not knowing snowden XD but hey props to you for bringing his story from the graves !! love it !

  • @flawnski
    @flawnski Місяць тому +341

    Great Video once again - and a super important topic to make people aware of! The debate of Freedom vs. Security, massive surveillance by (and not just) the US Gov. and whether whistleblowing is a morally justifiable action, is a question everybody should pose to themselves. Hat off!

  • @nowaynoway1798
    @nowaynoway1798 Місяць тому +379

    hi fern, love the videos that you've created so far; visually amazing!

    • @mason96575
      @mason96575 Місяць тому +16

      That’s really rude of you. For you to come on his channel and overtly tell him you don’t like the videos he hasn’t created yet?! Only like the ones he’s created so far?!
      The AUDACITY!

    • @ItIsJan
      @ItIsJan Місяць тому +8

      ​@mason96575 he is right tho, the videos they havent made yet are absolutely terrible

  • @theone4782
    @theone4782 Місяць тому

    im glad that there is stuff like this on UA-cam, gooood content!

  • @relatoselvagem
    @relatoselvagem Місяць тому +7

    Hello how are you? I'm from Brazil, I would like to know if there is a possibility of you licensing your animations in some way so I can make similar videos in Brazil, if so, how much will it cost and how can we do it.

  • @LGib01
    @LGib01 Місяць тому +210

    They hate student loans and think the US is responsible for the genocide in Palestine? These kids fucking rock

    • @pepedomingo4061
      @pepedomingo4061 Місяць тому +23

      gen z should give everyone hope for this fr

    • @mahfoudseraf5995
      @mahfoudseraf5995 23 дні тому +23

      Based hackers just doing their thing tbh

    • @alexanderl.6207
      @alexanderl.6207 18 днів тому +8

      yeah dude blame everything on american democracy and capitalism

    • @Maniagio
      @Maniagio 17 днів тому

      Fr and this was in 2013s and everything is real tbh now the USA is sending billions in aid to Israel to keep bombing Palestine 💔

    • @logictom7254
      @logictom7254 16 днів тому

      there is more to it than just a government being at fault. these kids are just criminals

  • @Chrion-
    @Chrion- Місяць тому +67

    I honestly find this quite interesting. As some random teen who is interested in computers I never realized that modern technology can be so powerful with an intelligent mind - and they weren't even adults for the most part.

    • @termitethrasher6809
      @termitethrasher6809 Місяць тому

      If you're interested in Cyber Security, check out John Hammond or LiveOverflow.
      The only truth in this video is regarding Cracka/CWA. It was done via social engineering, so nothing really technical but Cracka does have talent with security.
      The whole thing about D3f4ult is based on lies he's been spreading for years. He was in his 20s.

  • @blastermaster5039
    @blastermaster5039 20 днів тому

    A documentary that is more like a warning than informational. Great job.

  • @skrtskrt925
    @skrtskrt925 Місяць тому

    this video is crazy good. shoutout to all involved

  • @lout9231
    @lout9231 Місяць тому +318

    Can confirm - was going to start work at Gartner and had a snoop around their clients as they gave full access to their db quite quickly. Found NSO group stuff and asked if I would be allowed to refuse to work with a client if I didn’t agree with their human rights record. All access was swiftly revoked and I was booted out supposedly because they were afraid I would leak/disclose information I didn’t morally agree with.
    They had a whole project helping NSO group develop a US gov proprietary version of Pegasus. This was in 2022

    • @jtk5274
      @jtk5274 Місяць тому

      Yeah, modern internet surveillance is so fucked up. Like I’m a normie and it’s actually so fucking scary to think about stuff like that. The fact that any government (or stoned teenager for that matter) in the world can just spy on me or everyone else is just so dystopical. It opens the doors for totalitarianism everywhere and makes it easier and more effective than it ever was. The tools states now and will have to control and deceive their own citizens are just scary.

    • @AzVfL
      @AzVfL Місяць тому +10

      What exactly is Gartner? I'm not sure if the google search result matches the context

    • @MandenTV
      @MandenTV Місяць тому +61

      Thank you for engagement. Federal agents with classified identities are on their way to your location now. Please respond swiftly and accurately to their inquiries.

    • @daddy7860
      @daddy7860 Місяць тому +3

      This is why you don't reveal your cards

    • @lout9231
      @lout9231 Місяць тому +10

      @@AzVfL it’s the technology advisory company.

  • @revansdad4770
    @revansdad4770 Місяць тому +71

    The “I’m actually a fast runner”
    had me dying 🤣

  • @user-jv4zp1dy2s
    @user-jv4zp1dy2s Місяць тому +1

    What a relief and one of the best April fools video this year

  • @P3RPL3X
    @P3RPL3X Місяць тому

    Damn! Your videos have really gotten a 'Disrupt'-like quality to them lately and i'm ALL👏HERE👏FOR👏IT👏

  • @BoogerDad
    @BoogerDad Місяць тому +352

    at first i was mad that you kept bringing up that he smoked pot all day every day. like, what does that have to do with anything. but then you hear him say it himself and it's so absolutely gratifying. 100% worth it every time you take the top of the leaderboard down a peg

    • @tyronebrown3837
      @tyronebrown3837 Місяць тому +18

      Prim and proper professionals secretly strung out on Xanax and opium with a little coke on the side

    • @Welcome_To_The_Oasis
      @Welcome_To_The_Oasis Місяць тому +9

      Why would that make you mad?

    • @saturationstation1446
      @saturationstation1446 Місяць тому

      @@tyronebrown3837 only the most naive among us believe that the well off in eurocentric countries are anything but stimulant addicted maniacs. you have to have not really experienced anything but wealthy peoples public faces to believe otherwise

    • @chrisp2642
      @chrisp2642 Місяць тому +6

      @@Welcome_To_The_OasisBecause smoking cannabis isn’t an indicator of bad behavior.

    • @Welcome_To_The_Oasis
      @Welcome_To_The_Oasis Місяць тому

      @@chrisp2642 Correct, but when you think of a “pot head” which this kid clearly was, you don’t think of somebody that is capable of hacking the cia. Let’s just be so real here

  • @Cool_Kid293
    @Cool_Kid293 Місяць тому +266

    first video ive seen from you and i want to say its every well made like in the beginning the phone was made so well even showing every pixel 10/10 video

    • @Yourcousinjoseph
      @Yourcousinjoseph Місяць тому

      Same

    • @skypie5374
      @skypie5374 Місяць тому +2

      I’m in love with the editing. This video was an absolute BANGER!!!

    • @Brandon0406
      @Brandon0406 Місяць тому +2

      They released an hour long documentary in collaboration with a german state media channel about russian hackers maybe two weeks ago and the production level is through the roof. I hope they release a translated version some day, it's insane.

    • @shairahcortez
      @shairahcortez Місяць тому

      fr i was entertained every second

    • @riannegliocam7713
      @riannegliocam7713 Місяць тому

      Same!

  • @oxyuby8322
    @oxyuby8322 Місяць тому

    Another masterpiece, thank you for your work

  • @MrDaglur
    @MrDaglur 14 годин тому +1

    God damn that was a TOP TIER ad in the video

  • @RandomBrandonsWorld
    @RandomBrandonsWorld Місяць тому +48

    This was a great video, man. I really enjoyed the amount of detail you put in it. The animations were great and the story telling layout was great. Overall A+ man!!!

  • @benutberg
    @benutberg Місяць тому +65

    This is the most unbelievably well put together video I’ve watched. The graphics along with the story were incredible. This reminds me of prime Jake Tran content. Keep up the great work

  • @Katniss777
    @Katniss777 16 днів тому +1

    sooo interesting! glad it got recommended to me☺️

  • @foodle46
    @foodle46 Місяць тому +3

    that was the HARDEST intro i’ve seen in a minute.

  • @wbs7774
    @wbs7774 Місяць тому +37

    I just want to say how much I love this account and how much perspective this gives me. Definitely my favorite account I’ve followed in the last 5 years.

  • @nimuwu
    @nimuwu Місяць тому +39

    These hacking/crime videos are my personal favorites! I really love true crime in general but these videos are just so fun to watch, just for the animations alone!
    Amazibg work again!!!

  • @gabrielshahwan1196
    @gabrielshahwan1196 14 днів тому

    I find it so weird that the student loan debts that were deleted was from my uni, where I live the university of Windsor and now that i think of it a couple people i know probably didnt have to pay those fees thanks to Anon

  • @RationalBeing-rh1zf
    @RationalBeing-rh1zf Місяць тому +1

    I liked the animations man good job 👍