The speaker talks about how he perpetrated a series of hacks when he was in high school. This included sending spoofed emails using the principal's email address, and spreading fake blogs. Although these actions were generally harmless, he did get in trouble at school.
The LulzSec hacker group was infamous for their 50 Days of Lulz event where they released major cyber attacks, putting hacking in the media every day. The group also carried out attacks on FBI affiliated sites, leading to the creation of Fuck FBI Fridays.
Miles, who had previously been bullied by this person, had a friendly hour-long text conversation with them about various topics such as social media accounts.
The frustration in people came out in the form of hacking, but most cybersecurity people were too worried to come forward even though they were posting and hacking things on Instagram.
FormSpring worked to investigate and fix a data breach, implementing new password rules and monitoring, and completely rebuilding certain servers. Their team also worked on PR efforts to handle the influx of calls from concerned journalists.
A hacker simulates a real attack to showcase vulnerabilities in systems and educate on how to secure them. However, they receive a request to hack someone outside their friend group, leading to moral dilemmas.