Jack Recider

They were... Did they work at all? Because I can't even imagine this work.

When I was a teenager, I didn't understand how credit cards worked at all. Like, in my head, it just seemed like 16 random numbers. And if you knew those 16 numbers, could you buy stuff? Yeah. So I thought, okay, let's test that theory. As a teen, I went to a website, put in 16 random numbers just to see what happened.

When I was a teenager, I didn't understand how credit cards worked at all. Like, in my head, it just seemed like 16 random numbers. And if you knew those 16 numbers, could you buy stuff? Yeah. So I thought, okay, let's test that theory. As a teen, I went to a website, put in 16 random numbers just to see what happened.

I thought if it worked, I'd have no idea whose number I just used and I could just say I typed the wrong number if they asked me. But no matter how many 16-digit credit card numbers I put into a website, it never worked. Every one was an invalid number. Apparently, it's more complicated than just that.

I thought if it worked, I'd have no idea whose number I just used and I could just say I typed the wrong number if they asked me. But no matter how many 16-digit credit card numbers I put into a website, it never worked. Every one was an invalid number. Apparently, it's more complicated than just that.

Eva Mogg loved flying planes when he was a kid and signed up for junior glider classes taught by the Canadian military.

Eva Mogg loved flying planes when he was a kid and signed up for junior glider classes taught by the Canadian military.

From there, he joined the military and taught other kids how to fly gliders. But his other passion was computers, and the military was offering to pay his training to learn more about computers.

From there, he joined the military and taught other kids how to fly gliders. But his other passion was computers, and the military was offering to pay his training to learn more about computers.

So he spent four years in the military and then went to work for IBM.

So he spent four years in the military and then went to work for IBM.

Hold on. It's not just like going over to France. Afghanistan, there was an active war zone, wasn't it?

Hold on. It's not just like going over to France. Afghanistan, there was an active war zone, wasn't it?

So even though he was military trained, he was in the war zone as a private contractor, and his job was to go to forward operating bases, or FOBs, to work on the network there.

So even though he was military trained, he was in the war zone as a private contractor, and his job was to go to forward operating bases, or FOBs, to work on the network there.

These fobs were often on the front line of the war zone in Afghanistan. It's dusty, war-torn, and weathered. Computers don't like these kind of environments because they're delicate and fragile, not rugged and battle-ready. So he was constantly being sent to troubleshoot computers and networking equipment that was breaking in war zones.

These fobs were often on the front line of the war zone in Afghanistan. It's dusty, war-torn, and weathered. Computers don't like these kind of environments because they're delicate and fragile, not rugged and battle-ready. So he was constantly being sent to troubleshoot computers and networking equipment that was breaking in war zones.

They set up this comm shack inside a 40-foot-long cargo sea container. And he'd go base to base, setting up or fixing the networks inside there. And there was never a dull moment.

They set up this comm shack inside a 40-foot-long cargo sea container. And he'd go base to base, setting up or fixing the networks inside there. And there was never a dull moment.

So what kind of damage had to this equipment?