Mitchell McKenna - tagged with hacking http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com What Happens When You Dare Expert Hackers To Hack You http://mitchmckenna.com/post/16207/real-future-what-happens-when-you-dare-expert-hackers-to-hack-you-episode-8

Last year, after reporting on the hacks of Sony Pictures, JPMorgan Chase, Ashley Madison, and other major companies, REAL FUTURE's Kevin Roose got curious about what it felt like to be on the victim’s side of a giant data breach. So he decided to stage an experiment: he invited two expert hackers (neither of whom he’d ever met) to spend two weeks hacking him as deeply and thoroughly as they could, using all of the tools at their disposal.

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Hacking Frequent Flyer Programs http://mitchmckenna.com/post/9309/hacking-frequent-flyer-programs

The airlines, fares, and frequent flyer programs a complicated semi-opaque rules based system. Systems are hackable. This talk will show examples of how to hack and manipulate. It'll include how to fly around the world, in first class, for free. How to get free upgrades, and why somebody would do a mile run.

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