AT&T Archives: Computer Security
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These films (strung together into one film here) were originally made for the annual Skytop conference of Bell Labs executives, and were shown over a series of days during the conference. They were intended to be a wake-up call regarding computer security issues, and present a realistic view of then-plausible security breaches, along with accompanying set of worst-case scenarios.
The computer security team at Bell Labs at the time took pains to get their message across at this particular meeting, handing out computer security awareness swag — water bottles! key rings! — even distributing copies of 2600: A Hacker’s Quarterly. The idea was that it was high time that the entire staff took the threats seriously.
The cultural climate at this time reinforced this message. Parent company AT&T had recently suffered the effects of a software bug that the government originally believed was caused by a hacker. A few months later, Labs computer scientist Bill Cheswick set up a hacker honeypot to snag and study break-ins over the modems at the Labs. AT&T was a big, challenging target for hackers.
Today, computer security is an integral concern to any business, government, or individual, and protection has to extend to mobile networks as well as wired ones. Today, AT&T offers a wide spectrum of network security services, and runs a Security Research Center devoted to developing new response systems to constantly-evolving threats to company and customer networks.
Footage courtesy of AT&T Archives and History Center, Warren, NJ
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there hacking and …
there hacking and this is ilegal
@qettyz The Unix …
@qettyz The Unix source code **was** published without permission when it was still closed-source, in the form of the “Lions’ Commentary on UNIX 6th Edition” Look it up on wikipedia. People copied it by hand for years so that ATT wouldn’t catch them.
1 person works at …
1 person works at AT&T
@redeemer710 …
@redeemer710 you
@Augurae Shut it …
@Augurae Shut it Bwana
Im surpriced u even have intenet with 1,25 dollar a Day
@redeemer710 ahah …
@redeemer710 ahah because you think I’m as stupid as you are to put my real information on Youtube. You nazi nederland scum
@RyanCampStudios …
@RyanCampStudios technically they are almost right; AT&T is 1 of 10 of the global internet transit providers. Look up “Tier 1 Networks” on Wikipedia.
wired iPod on 0:32
wired iPod on 0:32
Computer Security.. …
Computer Security… YOU Make The Difference! *Dun dun*
No, please, do …
No, please, do steal all of AT&T’s business data. I want to know just how much they’re overcharging me on my wireless bill. Must be astronomical.
1 person is a …
1 person is a hacker.
Love the “Unix …
Love the “Unix source code stolen”, today servers run mostly Linux and no one can stole source code, just download it =)
@RyanCampStudios …
@RyanCampStudios well these days your average 13-year-old duckface teen camwhore claims to own the internet. take your pick
they have reason to …
they have reason to be afraid of us however we are not limited to one decade. we will always be with you lurking in the shadows
Oh the 90′s, they …
Oh the 90′s, they were awesome
@RyanCampStudios …
@RyanCampStudios this isn’t the internet, this is modem hacking, oldschool
who is the voice …
who is the voice over guy?
i was in the …
i was in the 90′s ;D
I love how AT&T …
I love how AT&T claims to own the internet.
Now I miss the old …
Now I miss the old days. <- raised in the 90′s not born in the 90′s.
We’ve come such a …
We’ve come such a long way in 20 years…
I really enjoyed …
I really enjoyed the John Carpenter soundtrack.
This gave me a …
This gave me a massive headache. What on EARTH did I just watch? I don’t..I don’t.. UNDERSTAND this… at all (!) and I work with IT security for a living it! >.<* Good grief, the 80/90s sure were strange times… If this was the sort of material “we” were given as “educational” material I no longer need to wonder why nobody takes security serious. BUT, it was kind of amusing to watch this, silly criticism aside!