The Art Bell Archive
July 29, 1996: Telephone Hacking - John "Captain Crunch" Draper
Jul 6, 2023
2:56:05
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John "Captain Crunch" Draper recounts how a toy cereal whistle producing a 2,600 hertz tone let him hijack the entire Bell telephone long-distance network. A pivotal story from the dawn of hacking. Full show notes, transcript, guests, and related listening: https://artbellarchive.org/episode/july-29-1996-telephone-hacking-john-captain-crunch-draper
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Episode Details
- Author
- Arthur William Bell III
- Show Type
- full
- Audio Format
- audio/mpeg