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  • Опубліковано 10 сер 2021
  • A white hat hacker, with over 30 years of experience as a cybersecurity analyst at a major Silicon Valley company, talks about why he turned his back on black hat hacking for the greater good.
    He talks about the reality of just how vulnerable our systems really are - from the very real threat of hackers taking the American power grid or medical facilities offline, to how easily accessible our private information is to anyone with WiFi and some time on their hands.
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  • @VICE
    @VICE  Рік тому +80

    WATCH NEXT: The Horrors You Hear as a 911 Operator - ua-cam.com/video/mwm8H8ALQsM/v-deo.html

    • @splashykoy11
      @splashykoy11 7 місяців тому +1

      poooop

    • @freespirit__
      @freespirit__ 3 місяці тому

      That's also a mask brother. Its temporary tattoo,

  • @FeedMeNuggies
    @FeedMeNuggies 2 роки тому +11962

    My man covering his face but has his arm tattoo out 👌

    • @skii7602
      @skii7602 2 роки тому +167

      Lol chill

    • @crappymeal
      @crappymeal 2 роки тому +1594

      with a distinctive beard and huge belly

    • @b33jal
      @b33jal 2 роки тому +643

      I know Right. Also what happened to vice disguising their voice ?

    • @paulrendell8909
      @paulrendell8909 2 роки тому +227

      And none of it is fake.... LoL

    • @williams7084
      @williams7084 2 роки тому +481

      they ALWAYS have someone else in the video for the persons safety

  • @teddycipolla127
    @teddycipolla127 2 роки тому +11163

    To all the folks laughing at this dude's lack of anonymity - have you considered that maybe he doesn't care and he had to wear the mask to keep the edgy tone of this series?

    • @bring6not12
      @bring6not12 2 роки тому +293

      exactly, these people are so dumb, the mask is just for the series and hes a white hat hacker, our government fucking loves those.

    • @KarstRats
      @KarstRats 2 роки тому +808

      Yeah man he’s a white hat. It’s not like he’s actually doing anything illegal. He’s just snooping.

    • @ausgepicht
      @ausgepicht 2 роки тому +192

      Also, he may have wanted to show himself to gain a higher profile and make it harder for him to be silenced whether by ruining him financially/livelihood or something more drastic. Whether a person or group that would silence him would care that he is higher profile or not is irrelevant, all that matters is he believes it. His thought process may be "If I say 'someone will try to harm or kill me and I am hurt or killed, it proves I'm right so they won't do it."

    • @ouuuushiz599
      @ouuuushiz599 2 роки тому +33

      he's a dream stan thats why

    • @ouuuushiz599
      @ouuuushiz599 2 роки тому +7

      @@TMinusRecords no I was making a joke bc he was being anonymous

  • @sriglin1
    @sriglin1 2 роки тому +2159

    "Hey, is that big hairy Mike?"
    "No way to tell"

  • @edonslow1456
    @edonslow1456 2 роки тому +7973

    Now we know what Santa does the rest of the year.

    • @mrdeath9198
      @mrdeath9198 2 роки тому +45

      Lmao

    • @welp6136
      @welp6136 2 роки тому +64

      That why he always forget my present 🤦

    • @BlurbFish
      @BlurbFish 2 роки тому +153

      He looks through your browsing history to find out if you've been good or bad.

    • @oozie7958
      @oozie7958 2 роки тому +35

      He put me on the naughty list for my search history 😂

    • @huniebeebee
      @huniebeebee 2 роки тому +3

      💀

  • @mintyfresh569
    @mintyfresh569 2 роки тому +7270

    Even if he was my brother I'd never recognise him. Great job Vice.

    • @timemasterhms
      @timemasterhms 2 роки тому +253

      I would totally recognise a ventriloquist with 4 ears and a neck beard too.

    • @CAdufraine
      @CAdufraine 2 роки тому +120

      its pretty easy to find out who it is based off his tattoos im sure,, if someone needed to find him they easily could

    • @aniiazharrr241
      @aniiazharrr241 2 роки тому +12

      😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @SMILE-xe9ok
      @SMILE-xe9ok 2 роки тому +1

      @@timemasterhms ua-cam.com/users/shortsP1q7xbBiRCg?feature=share

    • @BedStuyBro
      @BedStuyBro 2 роки тому +10

      It's total BULLSHIT, so no one is worried about identity.

  • @robertoslama331
    @robertoslama331 2 роки тому +8412

    For somebody trying to keep their identity a secret, I wouldn't have my tattoo exposed

    • @shadowrealm8014
      @shadowrealm8014 2 роки тому +372

      That's how a guy wanted in Italy got identity by his simple hand tattoos .the dude never showed his face in his cooking UA-cam show . But the tattoo gave him away .

    • @robertoslama331
      @robertoslama331 2 роки тому +249

      @@shadowrealm8014 Thats what also makes me question a lot of these disguise videos

    • @MrOety
      @MrOety 2 роки тому +524

      Hes a white hat hacker. So he hasnt done anything illegal that would warrant him to hide his identity. The mask etc is all vice and part of the show. The guy probably would be happy to give this talk without the mask

    • @robertoslama331
      @robertoslama331 2 роки тому +50

      @@MrOety I call out the issue of his tattoo being exposed via black hat or other illegal hacker-types would target him personally seeing him shown as an associate for good

    • @somethingelseishere
      @somethingelseishere 2 роки тому +182

      Might be a fake tatt to throw it all off.

  • @jadiecakes3241
    @jadiecakes3241 Рік тому +683

    I remember hearing about an interview YEARS ago, where they interviewed a hacker, and they asked him, if you wanted to crippe the US what would you go after (expecting the answer to be military etc) and the response was, Id go after the water. Dams, resevoirs, things like that. He was like you can cripple a country in days if they have no access to water.

    • @KrissD41
      @KrissD41 9 місяців тому

      The people are too busy thinking of this is something simply just a story. I don't think half of the people that are watching this even remotely believe this s*** is or has been and still is happening to us today. That's the sad reality, but then again most of you people are supposed to be educated. I was not one of the lucky ones to be able to be so highly educated. I was in special Ed. I got cheated out of that but guess what? I still have my common sense. My critical thinking they didn't screw me out of that like they screwed all you so-called educated people out of yours and I have to say I would. Rather be standing next to another uneducated academically educated person. Like you guys then to be next to a person like me. Who's under educated in the academic world? Because you clearly lost yourself. Some critical thinking and some common sense. I know this because I work at a college and let me tell you. You people are dumber than boxes of freakin rocks, and you actually pay for your dumbing down. How smart do you feel now?

    • @CharmCityMediaMD
      @CharmCityMediaMD 6 місяців тому

      Crazy enough there’s reports that water systems have been hacked…

    • @user-ez9tz4vt4g
      @user-ez9tz4vt4g 6 місяців тому +66

      Exactly what’s happening in Palestine.

    • @InfiniteRespawn2023
      @InfiniteRespawn2023 6 місяців тому +13

      In fear the walking dead and twd the epidemic started through the water supply

    • @jc7997aj
      @jc7997aj Місяць тому +6

      ​@@user-ez9tz4vt4g
      Palestine ? Where's that ? I looked on a map can't find it anywhere.

  • @travispittman1887
    @travispittman1887 Рік тому +374

    Being in San Diego during the ransomware attack of Scripps Health completely opened my eyes to how vulnerable healthcare organizations are. There were people who needed chemo treatments and surgical procedures who had to reschedule and further deteriorate their health because they weren’t even able to pull up their medical record history including allergies, diagnosis, etc. I totally understand why info sec is one of the top invested areas in healthcare now, but with the core tech itself being still so far behind in architecture modernization, these orgs will continue to struggle in the race to secure their systems

    • @peacenow42
      @peacenow42 Рік тому +3

      and yet it should be a helpful lesson...take better care of yourself in case.

    • @davingoodman871
      @davingoodman871 11 місяців тому

      Yes there are solutions but it will take time

    • @channelofstuff6662
      @channelofstuff6662 11 місяців тому +3

      you can't secure it, you can only make it annoying for the hacker.

    • @midnull6009
      @midnull6009 10 місяців тому

      People make it easy. During the plandamic ppl were BEGGING to have their personal information outted. Tracked. I've seen accounting offices with unsecured cardboard "drop in" boxes outside their offices. Hell there are ppl who leave their cell phones paperwork on bathroom counters before entering the stalls.

    • @joycejean-baptiste4355
      @joycejean-baptiste4355 6 місяців тому +2

      Indeed! There was a large hospital that had the records stolen where I lived. . I got a notification. The person just walked away with the laptop. After that my Facebook was hacked and one of my email accounts. I had purchased a so called protective software and it didn't work, also suspect. Thanks for sharing the information.

  • @nobodyatallvallejo3672
    @nobodyatallvallejo3672 2 роки тому +1924

    Whoever wrote the title for this needs to be fired ASAP.

    • @nobodyatallvallejo3672
      @nobodyatallvallejo3672 2 роки тому +24

      @Taylor Puppo can you tell us at what point during the video the hacker talked about the "scariest things" he's ever seen while hacking?

    • @nobodyatallvallejo3672
      @nobodyatallvallejo3672 2 роки тому +77

      @Taylor Puppo here's a better headline: Hacking Expert Discusses Threats to Global Infrastructure.
      The way the headline is written it makes people picture children being trafficked or snuff videos playing on a loop (as evidenced by the other comments). Can't blame users like you though, who are blind to this kind of click bait stuff. 🤷🏻‍♀️

    • @IScreenshotNFTs
      @IScreenshotNFTs 2 роки тому +24

      @@nobodyatallvallejo3672 Agreed. Title is clickbait. Your suggested title is more professional.

    • @reycubantv
      @reycubantv 2 роки тому +5

      Clickbait

    • @irasingh2498
      @irasingh2498 2 роки тому +2

      🔺SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE

  • @rayrayrun
    @rayrayrun 2 роки тому +799

    I could go on without the music, vice. this guy doesn't need the dramatic music.

    • @____-fv4bm
      @____-fv4bm 2 роки тому +2

      Without*

    • @jacobeldredge2956
      @jacobeldredge2956 2 роки тому +21

      It’s not even that bad. You’re just whining.

    • @joby45
      @joby45 2 роки тому +17

      It sounds like the PS4 dash music 🤣

    • @brokentombot
      @brokentombot 2 роки тому +7

      Brrrrrrrr dooooooo brrrrrrr dooooo brrrrrrrr dooooo

    • @andrewjames3579
      @andrewjames3579 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao 😂😂😂

  • @NONPOINT420
    @NONPOINT420 Рік тому +161

    The first 22 seconds of this video is EXACTLY the thing some people never understand. The hack does not necessarily have anything to do with you as an individual but instead you are the tool they use to gain access to a bigger system.

    • @TheMilwaukeeProtocol
      @TheMilwaukeeProtocol 5 місяців тому +4

      Yes, we should think about who or what else we're connected to.

  • @MichaelHarto
    @MichaelHarto 2 роки тому +175

    the bad guys are always moving faster than the good guys in basically everything.

    • @TakuCityPop
      @TakuCityPop 2 роки тому +5

      Probably because unlike white hat they are not bound by law and aren't exactly reactionary either.

    • @swatteam2002
      @swatteam2002 2 роки тому +6

      actually its not good or bad thing, whoever takes the first step will gain

    • @dabocousin
      @dabocousin 2 роки тому

      Doomer that's not true

    • @nemanjatrninic
      @nemanjatrninic 2 роки тому +4

      This guy will not be faster for sure 😂

    • @ko-Daegu
      @ko-Daegu 2 роки тому

      not in always also bad and good is really subjective
      also it's much harder to secure then to penetrate so it's really different level of skill sets

  • @ExV1rUS
    @ExV1rUS 2 роки тому +734

    Gotta love all the Sherlock Holmes in the comments here: Identity this, tattoo that,
    This isn't his story, he's just telling it..

    • @jesserit3696
      @jesserit3696 2 роки тому +4

      @Floating Battalyst he may know whose story it is

    • @hydraglide69
      @hydraglide69 2 роки тому +47

      @Floating Battalyst why sit in a dark room with only a chair and very intentional lighting? It's all by design. More people will watch if it's filmed in this style and the person talking is wearing a mask. No one wants to see some random guy telling someone else's story in a well it room.

    • @xtianchen7977
      @xtianchen7977 2 роки тому

      Well what about the video where a model told the story the hard life of modeling while being abused? It makes perfectly sense to me

    • @jimothyjames8718
      @jimothyjames8718 2 роки тому +4

      fr, the people in these vids are always eloquent and don't stutter

    • @jonnywhite952
      @jonnywhite952 2 роки тому +1

      When they had the 'banker' on talking about 600k bonuses it was very clearly Geraint Anderson who wrote the book CityBoy, so it might be the actual person

  • @Jobe-13
    @Jobe-13 2 роки тому +749

    “Then there’s those that just want to see the world burn”. Sometimes people don’t need a motivation or tragic backstory to do what they do. They just do it because they can.

    • @ejl1982-1
      @ejl1982-1 2 роки тому +14

      Thats statement couldn't be any truer...i idea of creating chaos just for chaos purposes is a great mindset.

    • @Vfulncchl
      @Vfulncchl 2 роки тому +4

      You just repeat what he said

    • @ejl1982-1
      @ejl1982-1 2 роки тому

      @@Vfulncchl yes

    • @Kkidzz
      @Kkidzz 2 роки тому +2

      Just having a 7-11 out of Berry Blast is a trigger.

    • @CashanovaXTREME
      @CashanovaXTREME 2 роки тому +49

      A child not shown attention by its village, will burn it down to feel it’s warmth. - ancient proverb

  • @b_to_the_b
    @b_to_the_b 2 роки тому +190

    It’s scary to think about how vulnerable computer infrastructures are… like what are we supposed todo when more and more of our lives are going Digital and he’s right in saying the system is too reactive when it needs to be more proactive with our data protection…

    • @peacenow42
      @peacenow42 Рік тому

      yet he created the very system that he now benefits from. SCUMMING.

    • @changedpace9169
      @changedpace9169 8 місяців тому

      It's how it's Always worked. The robber is always one step ahead of the cop.

  • @renatokobashigawa7025
    @renatokobashigawa7025 Рік тому +10

    The fact that people are commenting on his appearance more often than the content shows that they don't really understand the implications of what is being told.

  • @AdeJohnson
    @AdeJohnson 2 роки тому +409

    If someone asked me to describe what I thought a hacker looked like, this would be it.

    • @TheWorldisaLIE2
      @TheWorldisaLIE2 2 роки тому +30

      like the gamer from south park

    • @i.l6916
      @i.l6916 2 роки тому +16

      He’s too skinny… this guy definitely hasn’t hacked as much as he claims…

    • @thomasbutcher3593
      @thomasbutcher3593 Рік тому +3

      For me I'd imagine this as a hacker 30 years on

  • @christophermayer6415
    @christophermayer6415 2 роки тому +2446

    Top performance . A true security athlete . Shows tattoo, obvious accent and very unique
    Body shape … noooo one could tell who this is if they knew him … LMAO

    • @giantgrowth4204
      @giantgrowth4204 2 роки тому +26

      Lmao for real

    • @cathy94333
      @cathy94333 2 роки тому +49

      Could be a fat suit

    • @DONKINDONUTS
      @DONKINDONUTS 2 роки тому +103

      @@cathy94333 That is absolutely not a fat suit. Even his fingers are fat, man. Makeup and bodysuits are NOT that in-depth. You'd need some impressive Hollywood-level makeup and CGI work to make him seem fat if he wasn't.

    • @fruitflyhunter
      @fruitflyhunter 2 роки тому +23

      everyone has an accent technically.....

    • @justintime753
      @justintime753 2 роки тому +7

      What if it was a fat suit and a fake beard lol

  • @eunoia2811
    @eunoia2811 2 роки тому +93

    This is the single most terrifying way I’ve ever seen anybody stay anonymous

  • @lone-welf
    @lone-welf 2 роки тому +7

    i love how these kinds of documentaries essentially teach you how to get in trouble.

    • @joylynngeertsen3040
      @joylynngeertsen3040 Рік тому

      Right!!! Lol hacking is illegal even ethical hacking as they can it. Unless ur employees of a government entity

    • @neunzehnvierundachtzig
      @neunzehnvierundachtzig 11 місяців тому

      ​@@joylynngeertsen3040hacking isn't illegal sometimes. Its just illegal when you exploit a weakness for financial or personal or organisational gains

  • @TJ-W
    @TJ-W 2 роки тому +251

    Something tells me his face isn’t the most distinct part about him…

    • @tubeguy4066
      @tubeguy4066 2 роки тому +5

      Bro, this is fake lol

    • @TJ-W
      @TJ-W 2 роки тому +2

      @@tubeguy4066 and that has what to do with my comment?

    • @Prod.DJEvil
      @Prod.DJEvil 2 роки тому

      The tattoo!😱

    • @magvs_mæstro216
      @magvs_mæstro216 2 роки тому +4

      Fat chance

    • @irasingh2498
      @irasingh2498 2 роки тому

      🔲SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE

  • @adr3000
    @adr3000 2 роки тому +361

    Video needs a re-title. These are not war stories, they are generalizations everyone is aware of both inside and outside the community. 💤😴

    • @houserental5424
      @houserental5424 2 роки тому +2

      Basic info , looks like they just paid some guy from weight watchers to repeat an article from Wired magazine

  • @ItsSakiWorld
    @ItsSakiWorld 2 роки тому +310

    I like how they had to cut the entire back of the mask for this dude, he could of used a tortilla and ate the eyes.

  • @reytorino
    @reytorino 2 роки тому +12

    This man made so much sense in a little more than 6 mins of his time speaking.

  • @urmum3309
    @urmum3309 2 роки тому +429

    I see Santa has started to use his talents elsewhere

    • @godking614
      @godking614 2 роки тому +4

      So unfunny and over used joke

    • @izzy350
      @izzy350 2 роки тому +9

      @@godking614 then don’t laugh if it’s not funny we didn’t need to know

    • @whatsupman2010
      @whatsupman2010 2 роки тому +4

      Corny

    • @GerardPerry
      @GerardPerry 2 роки тому +1

      @@godking614 Thank you, Carl Reiner.

    • @arijohn4138
      @arijohn4138 2 роки тому +2

      Lmao

  • @marcusdumaresq-lucas5054
    @marcusdumaresq-lucas5054 2 роки тому +585

    I love these video series, they put the world into a perspective that is difficult to imagine; The experiences that they have and share is beyond incredible. Vice edits these well including not intervening with the credibility of the storytellers.

    • @KrissD41
      @KrissD41 9 місяців тому

      Only I think you're a fool if you think these are just simply stories. Dude, I think you need to look at these like it's really happening or has been happening for many many decades, it's I think everybody that sees this needs to take it seriously, especially considering what's happening today, and it's only gonna get worse, so if you don't take me seriously. Today you will, and you're going to shoot yourself in the foot when it finally hits you. And that light bulb comes on, and you're like, oh, s*** Only you're gonna be freaking the f*** out, so you'd better take what this man's saying very serious. If you don't, you're a d*** fool.

  • @jeffjames4808
    @jeffjames4808 Рік тому +2

    This whole series is fantastic....

  • @jules4067
    @jules4067 2 роки тому +2

    Thanks for all Vice Team. Best newspaper of my life. Reading since teenage days ✌🏼

  • @ethan_rummel
    @ethan_rummel 2 роки тому +240

    nothing about this man besides his face was kept a secret😭

    • @montanajrivera
      @montanajrivera 2 роки тому +3

      No face no case

    • @illegalwaffel6435
      @illegalwaffel6435 2 роки тому +16

      @@montanajrivera Tattoo.. beard... his overall body type.. his voice... if the internet wanted too they could find his identity in 24 hours.. the internet has identified people people with less info.
      But yes I get the point of the saying. No body/face no charges basically

    • @mwanikimwaniki6801
      @mwanikimwaniki6801 2 роки тому +2

      @@illegalwaffel6435 ikr. If I had enough motivation I'd get every detail about this guy.

    • @gallopingoctopus1364
      @gallopingoctopus1364 2 роки тому +7

      He is a hacker, he probably isn't worried about his identity, and probably wants the publicity. They probably made him wear the mask, just to keep with the tone.

    • @UnknownSend3r
      @UnknownSend3r 2 роки тому +2

      @@illegalwaffel6435 somone already has, he's Marc Rogers former head of security at cloudflare

  • @zachknight6958
    @zachknight6958 2 роки тому +282

    I like how this video didn't at any point mention any "scary" thing this guy saw while he was hacking

    • @calumryan6328
      @calumryan6328 2 роки тому +7

      Well he did talk about a hospital getting encrypted or whatever, that could be scary if you think about it

    • @reidb6327
      @reidb6327 2 роки тому +3

      😂

    • @humanparaquat69
      @humanparaquat69 2 роки тому +5

      I don’t like that at all thats why I watched the video in the first place

    • @NJizo
      @NJizo 2 роки тому +8

      He probably doesn't know anything, he checked some forums and think he's the god.

    • @unholyrevenger72
      @unholyrevenger72 2 роки тому +2

      Yes, mass infrastructure disruption is in fact not scary. Try harder Russian disinformation agent.

  • @melon9680
    @melon9680 2 роки тому +2

    Id like to hear his version of the greater good and how he goes about applying it.

  • @dislikecounter5191
    @dislikecounter5191 2 роки тому +14

    If only a lot of people told the government that these kinds of things were inevitable and likely to happen soon.

    • @InfiniteRespawn2023
      @InfiniteRespawn2023 6 місяців тому +1

      The government don't care there the same ones who will do it

  • @summercurtis8648
    @summercurtis8648 2 роки тому +78

    He didn’t want to cover his tattoos

  • @nirexart
    @nirexart 2 роки тому +127

    This hacker is so good even the person who is actually talking and giving the interview is just a dummy to mislead his enemies.

  • @InsideBoxingBrain
    @InsideBoxingBrain 2 роки тому +17

    This relates so well to a recent data breach in the UK and US. I've made an explainer video on my page detailing the risk of data breaches and the business psychology behind them.

    • @kbengson9163
      @kbengson9163 2 роки тому

      @Domcelicious Yep, I'll make a point NOT to ever view it now. haha

  • @tjmowoe
    @tjmowoe 2 роки тому +1

    i love his vocabulary. i could listen to him and TI all day.

  • @ErikS-
    @ErikS- 2 роки тому +148

    Total genius to disguise him as a tattoo'ed dark SANTA with a mask!
    This way I will never guess his identity

  • @ivareskesner2019
    @ivareskesner2019 2 роки тому +284

    Is that Santa Claus? So that's how the sneaky bugger knows what presents all the kids want and if they've been good or not.

    • @saranbarry5917
      @saranbarry5917 2 роки тому +1

      Great joke

    • @rajbhattacharya4427
      @rajbhattacharya4427 2 роки тому +3

      I've seen your comments on so many videos bro. You have taste, I'll give you that.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 2 роки тому +3

      @@rajbhattacharya4427 Cheers. It would appear so do you, if we've been watching the same vids.

    • @pro-yn2mi
      @pro-yn2mi 2 роки тому +1

      made me chuckle, thanks.

    • @nivrothvalachus7969
      @nivrothvalachus7969 2 роки тому +1

      this comment is underrated

  • @Luke-xx1ri
    @Luke-xx1ri 3 місяці тому +2

    i bet that guys keyboard is covered in food crumbs😂

  • @EneaSus
    @EneaSus 11 місяців тому +5

    looks like a discord admin

  • @TesserId
    @TesserId 2 роки тому +72

    Doing cyber security in enterprise environments, my biggest fear is consumer electronics. It creates a mentality that you just go down to the store or go online and buy whatever the manipulative marketing seduces you to believe make you a happily addicted consumer, and then get it home and you'll be up and running in no time. ~~~ Executives come around and say "here look, I want this for everybody at work." Security people then say: "that's not enterprise-grade technology, and is a nightmare to manage from a security perspective." They say: "make it work anyway." So, we get our risk-management group to write up a risk acceptance document for the executives to sign and tell them to get ready to testify before congress. Unfortunately, not all corporations have risk management for cyber security, and some executives are going to be awfully surprised when they get a congressional subpoena.

    • @GiganFTW
      @GiganFTW 2 роки тому +1

      That’s where the good people would interject and say no for everyone’s benefit. Sadly that’s not how it works though

    • @Shackleford_Rusty
      @Shackleford_Rusty 2 роки тому

      Very true

    • @solomonstello
      @solomonstello 2 роки тому +1

      I would prioritize security over everything else.

    • @TesserId
      @TesserId 2 роки тому +1

      @@solomonstello Yes. Well, we keep banging the drum, and consumers keep lining up to buy garbage. So, thanks for being with us, but it's an uphill battle.

    • @richards1708
      @richards1708 2 роки тому +2

      No kidding the security on these devices are a joke. I was helping a friend install a wireless printer and basically anyone can use if they know I can't even password protect them.

  • @johnnyaluicious
    @johnnyaluicious 2 роки тому +384

    His tattoo, his physique, and distinctive beard make the mask obsolete

  • @uzapuca
    @uzapuca Рік тому

    Great interview. I wish it has more parts.
    Very interesting data indeed. We also love you for Game of Thrones, Mr. Martin 😅

  • @karataych0p
    @karataych0p Рік тому +3

    The scariest part is what could be done in hospitals. I'm imagining someone taking over robotic equipment or hijacking patient records.

    • @dequasont1063
      @dequasont1063 Рік тому +1

      True, it’s happened before unfortunately. Pretty much all of the worst viruses that have existed targeted hospitals which killed people and cost billions in damages

  • @thecodfather7109
    @thecodfather7109 2 роки тому +359

    I love how people think that's a real tattoo like he's going to roll up his sleeves and expose his tattoo.

    • @ashlb7779
      @ashlb7779 2 роки тому +22

      Classic Scooby-Doo subversion tactic.

    • @frieeren
      @frieeren 2 роки тому +39

      they actually forgot the tattoo and you are paid to convince us that the tattoo isn't real.

    • @Sweyn.Vagabond
      @Sweyn.Vagabond 2 роки тому +5

      Even though it is real...

    • @kuywasaamazikeen8048
      @kuywasaamazikeen8048 2 роки тому +1

      Its actually quite sad how stupid people are. Ffs

    • @N3Rd32
      @N3Rd32 2 роки тому +2

      I'm assuming this is a joke.

  • @artothewanderer9517
    @artothewanderer9517 2 роки тому +278

    Fat guy, grey hair, long grey beard, specific tattoos on forearm, British accent. 1 day later..... found him!

    • @d11.66
      @d11.66 2 роки тому +1

      Really?

    • @luckizt
      @luckizt 2 роки тому +5

      Wilmer T Rudd

    • @amazingabby25
      @amazingabby25 2 роки тому +2

      Guns Barbel really!

    • @YMilkshake
      @YMilkshake 2 роки тому +9

      That can still be literally anyone, good luck finding him

    • @m3gAnac0nda
      @m3gAnac0nda 2 роки тому +2

      Donald Trump ?

  • @TheRandomChatSeries
    @TheRandomChatSeries 2 роки тому

    Seeing this makes me wanna rewatch Mr. Robot for a 2nd time

  • @Lizardkingmediaproductions
    @Lizardkingmediaproductions Рік тому +111

    Thank god this guy is wearing a mask for his own protection. Nobody would ever identify him by his unique body type, his weak shoulder and weak forearm structure, his massive beard that took years to grow, and visible tattoos.

    • @rocketknoxler6516
      @rocketknoxler6516 Рік тому +3

      Legit wtfff

    • @spookynutsack
      @spookynutsack Рік тому

      linux user vibe

    • @gingercam3127
      @gingercam3127 Рік тому

      @@spookynutsackLinux is better than the macOS you use

    • @spookynutsack
      @spookynutsack Рік тому

      @@gingercam3127 i use both, ok

    • @burrob78
      @burrob78 Рік тому +9

      U do realize that this is most likely not the actual hacker. But reading off a cue card

  • @zhonggguo
    @zhonggguo 2 роки тому +30

    i don’t think the media covers the ethical hacker field enough, considering how data leaks are becoming a bigger problem

  • @justine1.26
    @justine1.26 2 роки тому +31

    Impacts to electricity production facilities scares me. Makes me think of what happened in Texas late 2020/early 2021 with the rolling blackouts. I heard from a very credible source that it was much, much worse than the media was telling the rest of us.

    • @EmL-kg5gn
      @EmL-kg5gn 8 місяців тому

      Yeah I heard the blackouts weren’t rolling like they were meant to be and instead some wealthy areas never lost power, while some people in poor areas were kept in long blackouts and even died because they couldn’t keep the temperature in their homes safe…

  • @LickMist
    @LickMist 2 роки тому

    Truly easer then it looks, and he has a good point about the white hat and black hat.

  • @GozonesProducciones
    @GozonesProducciones 2 роки тому +1

    damn santa claus, thanks for the hack class

  • @gallopingoctopus1364
    @gallopingoctopus1364 2 роки тому +103

    They probably made him wear the mask just for the tone of the series. He was probably hoping to get some fans and they were like "no mask, no interview."

    • @916dsm
      @916dsm 2 роки тому +16

      He's already very well known in the hacker community. I'm surprised they made him "anonymous" Took me a second to recognize him but I've seen him talk in real life

    • @MisterL2_yt
      @MisterL2_yt 2 роки тому

      @@916dsm who is he? His voice seems familiar but can't quite recognise him

  • @dougwilson6778
    @dougwilson6778 2 роки тому +27

    We just had a ransom attack at 3 local hospitals, they are all part of the St Lawrence health system, it took out all the doctors offices that were part of that system too, I believe that they paid to have their systems back

  • @cipheroth
    @cipheroth Рік тому

    A hacker with an apple watch is like an shy teen with an noisy siren

  • @logan77777771
    @logan77777771 Рік тому +4

    My company got hacked a while ago. We were out of work for weeks and going forward had to use our overtime to make up for the pay that we did not get so for a few months if we were working overtime at all we were working for free.

  • @ExplosiveFetus
    @ExplosiveFetus 2 роки тому +42

    But what was the scariest thing he saw?

  • @rkasr1163
    @rkasr1163 2 роки тому +287

    There’s nothing scary about anything he’s seen.

    • @wooooooooooodsy11
      @wooooooooooodsy11 2 роки тому +29

      Holding hospital computers for ransom risking lives isn't scary?

    • @villandoom
      @villandoom 2 роки тому +7

      Ikr, people being murdered, tortured, being held physically hostage by organized criminal mafias? Nah computer hacking is scarier. Jokes aside tho its just hacking. It can be used for bad, but its not nesscairly scary. Hacking at the core of it, is sending electronical signals via a fiber cable which executes commands based on that message and sometimes the executer has a discovered design flaw and executes something it wasnt designed to.

    • @Le_Petomane
      @Le_Petomane 2 роки тому

      You've been hacked!

    • @kingjoe3rd
      @kingjoe3rd 2 роки тому +1

      the customary downvote should be in order for this video

    • @erguismartinez1031
      @erguismartinez1031 2 роки тому +1

      Now, imagine the sh*storm you can unleash by hacking the same pipeline and delivery system that provides thousands of businesses with fuel for the transportation of food and medicine, families being affected because of that or because it's winter and there's no heating fuel to endure the cold, market crashes because of uncertainty, or because the prices of oil soar... The scenarios are too many, and indeed scary when it comes to national security.

  • @mrrobsonchannel
    @mrrobsonchannel 4 місяці тому +1

    For those who knows him personally, this mask is like the Clark Kent's glasses lol

  • @paulineboucher7074
    @paulineboucher7074 2 роки тому +14

    I applaud the white hats , it’s impressive to have so much knowledge and talent yet , you keep your talents in check . You are each a modern day silent superhero to me 💕

  • @twintetas4936
    @twintetas4936 2 роки тому +111

    "Some people just want to watch the world burn" - batman fans woke up to that one

    • @gman2801
      @gman2801 2 роки тому +1

      I actually got to this part in the vid while reading this lol

    • @Bubbles99718
      @Bubbles99718 2 роки тому

      Fatman?

  • @scottyblog
    @scottyblog 2 роки тому +16

    He’s speaking of the Solar Winds help desk software exploit in part of this video.

  • @haroldyoung2361
    @haroldyoung2361 2 роки тому +10

    Yeah, my biggest fear as a hacker, and I think I say this for the whole community, is like birds and crap, they scare the living hell out of me, but yeah... birds and cats probably...

  • @gameboykidshorts2663
    @gameboykidshorts2663 2 роки тому +5

    can we just appreciate how good this video is?

  • @JakeSDN
    @JakeSDN 2 роки тому +96

    The Ransomware attack on the Pipeline didn’t effect the pipeline, it effected the company’s ability to charge for the oil. They shut down the pipeline because they didn’t have a way to “accurately” charge for the oil.

    • @seanscully3401
      @seanscully3401 2 роки тому +1

      affect and affected.

    • @JakeSDN
      @JakeSDN 2 роки тому +1

      @@seanscully3401 Cause -> Effect->Affected. The cause in this case in the Ransomware “attack”, it didn’t hit the computers that operate the oil pumps, so that was never effected, it hit the some of the computers at the office that allow them to charge for the oil, taking their ability to “accurately” charge that would be the effect. An effect that didn’t fully happen, they had some ability. Then who was affected the people at the gas stations, of which I did not mentioned.

    • @seanscully3401
      @seanscully3401 2 роки тому

      @@JakeSDN You are babbling...my point was you used the word effect in the wrong context and should have used the word affect.

    • @rabbitdadthings
      @rabbitdadthings 2 роки тому +1

      Under rated comment. The guys beard isn’t the story, the scary things he has seen is the fact that in a for profit society hackers have the motivation to steal hospitals data, to manipulate an oil company into stopping the sale of oil, etc… The real scary things this man has seen is how easy it is to throw a monkey wrench and the insanely high profit margins of doing so.

  • @theMLBfan
    @theMLBfan 2 роки тому +292

    Nice to see Vice is still humiliating their guests by wearing that ridiculous mask instead of just darkening/blurring their face.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 2 роки тому +37

      They want to be all edgy and cool. Because mask.

    • @theMLBfan
      @theMLBfan 2 роки тому +3

      @@ivareskesner2019 investigative journalism at it's finest.

    • @fudes587
      @fudes587 2 роки тому +2

      @@ivareskesner2019 okboomer

    • @Keepskatin
      @Keepskatin 2 роки тому +23

      Maybe the government has the technology to remove the digital image face blurring. Only a mask is full proof against identity.

    • @ivareskesner2019
      @ivareskesner2019 2 роки тому

      @@fudes587 No worries, squirt 👍🏻

  • @erichunt5207
    @erichunt5207 2 роки тому

    Ok, what's the name of the song playing throughout the video?

  • @awalkoffaithjourney5178
    @awalkoffaithjourney5178 6 місяців тому

    I am a couple of years late to the party but these informer videos are intriguing and awesome...I would love 2 C more💜

  • @GoldGraffitiKing
    @GoldGraffitiKing 2 роки тому +47

    Title should read : The life of a Discord Moderator

  • @LogsMaggot
    @LogsMaggot 2 роки тому +102

    McAfee knew a thing or two about this stuff… as batshit crazy as he was, he had some good points every now and again

    • @jamesbent2584
      @jamesbent2584 2 роки тому +18

      I think mcafee was the champ. Love that guy precisely bcause he was so nuttz

    • @despairgaming6669
      @despairgaming6669 2 роки тому +6

      Whacked 🚀 🚀

    • @WBeraa
      @WBeraa 2 роки тому +8

      nuts doesnt mean stupid

    • @mrmustangman
      @mrmustangman 2 роки тому

      DoD contractors use a version of McAfee.....

  • @JorgeXY
    @JorgeXY 2 роки тому

    Whats the name of this song they use in the background?

  • @potheadpikachu403
    @potheadpikachu403 2 роки тому

    I feel like I can feel his breath

  • @dbcd56
    @dbcd56 2 роки тому +134

    This video made me consider a degree in cyber security lol, I read a few years ago that a cyber security was going to be the fastest growing job market in the world these next few years. Seems pretty realistic

    • @ishraqkhann
      @ishraqkhann 2 роки тому +1

      Same

    • @joshlewis575
      @joshlewis575 2 роки тому +12

      No doubt, it's just going to continue to expand as we bring more n more devices online. Definitely a good career for a youngster nowadays, forever job security

    • @docedoceporvida9098
      @docedoceporvida9098 2 роки тому +9

      One of the smartest choices you could make right now, sit around and play on your computer until you're a genius with it. Being a slacker that fucked my life all up, I really wish I would've been a computer nerd when I was younger. Do it

    • @ishraqkhann
      @ishraqkhann 2 роки тому +1

      @@docedoceporvida9098 anyone know what to major in most colleges don't have cyber security degrees just comp sci

    • @Zombified-
      @Zombified- 2 роки тому +1

      @@ishraqkhann you always start somewhere and computer science is the very beginning. That's the perfect starting point.

  • @jesseseymour4011
    @jesseseymour4011 2 роки тому +18

    Protecting hospitals from invisible enemies, you're a bit like a superhero

  • @Bhodisatvas
    @Bhodisatvas 2 роки тому +3

    This guy sounds exactly like a certain streamer on Twitch

  • @One6stitch
    @One6stitch 2 роки тому

    popped in with his slippers on. haha

  • @handofmyears
    @handofmyears 2 роки тому +32

    this music has me feeling like i’m in a botw shrine. give this man a long sleeve shirt damn

    • @koi1762
      @koi1762 2 роки тому +2

      pov: u finally reach the pedestal, and u see this guy instead of the monk.

    • @AngPur
      @AngPur 2 роки тому

      Vice doesn't have a great track record protecting their subjects... Ask McAfee

    • @irasingh2498
      @irasingh2498 2 роки тому

      @@AngPur 🟩SERCH ADITYA RATHORE- HE ALSO MAKES INFORMATIVE CONTENT LIKE VICE

  • @scarlethewett9156
    @scarlethewett9156 2 роки тому +20

    Where does vice find these people 🥴

    • @scarlethewett9156
      @scarlethewett9156 2 роки тому +2

      @Down to Earth Dude noice

    • @ExplosiveFetus
      @ExplosiveFetus 2 роки тому +2

      Paid actors. Notice how everyone is very well spoken and articulate.

    • @scarlethewett9156
      @scarlethewett9156 2 роки тому

      @@ExplosiveFetus where was the scary stuff 🤣🤣🤣

    • @wwondertwin
      @wwondertwin 2 роки тому +4

      This series is pretty well known by now and people who want to speak out about issues they're familiar with often contact journalists directly. So that's probably how many of the people speaking in this series were "found", too.

    • @somethingelseishere
      @somethingelseishere 2 роки тому +1

      Craigslist

  • @witch6in6the6womb
    @witch6in6the6womb 2 роки тому +10

    This man is very intelligent. Great story teller too. He should narrate novels.

  • @haxboi5492
    @haxboi5492 Рік тому

    They brought Richard Stallman lol

  • @Robert-jx8nr
    @Robert-jx8nr 2 роки тому +3

    This is dope bro, I wish I was smart enough to do this

  • @Sahbab11
    @Sahbab11 2 роки тому +29

    Damn Santa really let himself go

    • @ndmx1334
      @ndmx1334 2 роки тому +1

      Lmfao this cracked me up

  • @chrismitchell4808
    @chrismitchell4808 Рік тому +1

    They should do one on the UK Hotel industry, and how cold working for them can be.

  • @Xt4209
    @Xt4209 2 роки тому +1

    Can anyone tell me about the guy who hacked the Boeing plane from the passenger seat using the credit card reader to get into instrumentation calculations ? I can’t seem to locate that video anymore it was roughly 2012-2016 era

  • @watchembleed8122
    @watchembleed8122 2 роки тому +10

    When did Phil Margera become a hacker 😂😂😂😂 oh geez Bam

  • @tomtheninja1
    @tomtheninja1 2 роки тому +9

    Alright Santa, you ain’t foolin us with that mask

  • @yungbiisus4901
    @yungbiisus4901 2 роки тому

    Lookin like Alan Moore ate Thom York in his Role for Face Off Pt.2: Facing the Muzik in theaters Labor Day.

  • @ThePeepsCHAMP
    @ThePeepsCHAMP 2 місяці тому

    I really need to hire this man!

  • @pvtparts90
    @pvtparts90 2 роки тому +221

    There was basically no point giving this dude a mask. Anybody that knows him even in passing is going to put together the beard, hair, viking sized body, body type, and arm tattoo in a glance.

    • @ondraskalak
      @ondraskalak 2 роки тому +10

      well - anybody who knows him - i would assume he isnt exactly a celebrity , so only his workmates/friends/family /few extra would know and recongnize him .
      i think the point is none else can do a facesearch , to find his actual identity

    • @agod5608
      @agod5608 2 роки тому +6

      Not his real body and the tattoo is fake, and so is the beard, and his voice is altered, and he is really taller the chair is hollowed out to make him look shorter....

    • @fatalstyx3389
      @fatalstyx3389 2 роки тому +5

      "Viking sized" I think you meant Redditor size.

    • @aultic
      @aultic 2 роки тому +1

      My little boi he is not the actual hacker he is a an acter to tell the story and they know that that stulid mask is not gonna do anything

    • @KarstRats
      @KarstRats 2 роки тому

      He’s putting that rat close to the camera. I think it’s a fake that he wants you to notice and grab hold of. So when he takes it off theres no possible way it’s him now.

  • @Florakinz
    @Florakinz 2 роки тому +5

    If i was gonna share secrets with my identity hidden, i would just wear a Darth Vader suit

  • @max.racing
    @max.racing 2 роки тому

    This mask and the lightning lmao xDD

  • @user-tr7bs3hn9r
    @user-tr7bs3hn9r 19 днів тому +1

    Bro is like the type of dude to hacker to hack McDonald's

  • @devdeque7846
    @devdeque7846 2 роки тому +2

    The scariest thing about digital security is the abundance of people who use one password for everything.

  • @culturestars1019
    @culturestars1019 2 роки тому +6

    All his Colleagues KNOW exactly who he is 😂😂😂

  • @orophile1842
    @orophile1842 2 роки тому

    I don’t fully understand but that sounds tough

  • @marmak256
    @marmak256 Рік тому +3

    In order to have good cybersecurity, you must know how to attack a computer system, but since the hackers have the edge on this it's not suprising because they are the one's figuring out new attacks.

  • @yourfavoritespoon9958
    @yourfavoritespoon9958 2 роки тому +21

    Uh why didn’t he cover his tattoos?

    • @MultiBOO333
      @MultiBOO333 2 роки тому +2

      coz its a load of bollocks that's why

  • @pottsie_era
    @pottsie_era 2 роки тому +33

    he sounds just like my old teacher at school
    also that British accent.

  • @ezekieloleander
    @ezekieloleander Рік тому

    He looks sort of like this one biker grandpa I dated years ago. He had the best stories. I hope life is treating him alright. ❤️