Mike Ritland

reputation from from those early days spamming um my my friend at the time uh paid for his first computer by spamming for a porn company actually which is funny because he's uh cashing a check sizable check for a porn company and he's like i don't know he's probably like 14 or something at the time getting like weird eyes from the bank um so yeah that happened but um What else?

So a common misunderstanding about the statute of limitations is it's not just about the time in which has passed since you committed the crime. It depends on the crime, but many times the clock starts from discovery.

So a common misunderstanding about the statute of limitations is it's not just about the time in which has passed since you committed the crime. It depends on the crime, but many times the clock starts from discovery.

So a common misunderstanding about the statute of limitations is it's not just about the time in which has passed since you committed the crime. It depends on the crime, but many times the clock starts from discovery.

It's a common misconception that is good for a lot of hackers to realize. But, I mean, I'm sure, so the CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, literally any access to any electronic interface that is not explicitly allowed, that's a federal crime. So, literally what I described, you know, getting onto my friend's computer, that's a federal crime, even though they're cool with it and all this stuff.

It's a common misconception that is good for a lot of hackers to realize. But, I mean, I'm sure, so the CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, literally any access to any electronic interface that is not explicitly allowed, that's a federal crime. So, literally what I described, you know, getting onto my friend's computer, that's a federal crime, even though they're cool with it and all this stuff.

It's a common misconception that is good for a lot of hackers to realize. But, I mean, I'm sure, so the CFAA, Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, literally any access to any electronic interface that is not explicitly allowed, that's a federal crime. So, literally what I described, you know, getting onto my friend's computer, that's a federal crime, even though they're cool with it and all this stuff.

So literally any of those things can be heavily punished. So yeah, it's tricky.

So literally any of those things can be heavily punished. So yeah, it's tricky.

So literally any of those things can be heavily punished. So yeah, it's tricky.

Yeah, so first job, IT. Again, security was not really a huge thing for the most part. All that was side stuff. But you still have to be conscious of secure design and My coworker was kind of my mentor at the time. He was ex-DOD, ex-Navy, had a lot of fun stories, but also got me more into security. We actually did our first security presentation For the company, kind of using some classics here.

Yeah, so first job, IT. Again, security was not really a huge thing for the most part. All that was side stuff. But you still have to be conscious of secure design and My coworker was kind of my mentor at the time. He was ex-DOD, ex-Navy, had a lot of fun stories, but also got me more into security. We actually did our first security presentation For the company, kind of using some classics here.

Yeah, so first job, IT. Again, security was not really a huge thing for the most part. All that was side stuff. But you still have to be conscious of secure design and My coworker was kind of my mentor at the time. He was ex-DOD, ex-Navy, had a lot of fun stories, but also got me more into security. We actually did our first security presentation For the company, kind of using some classics here.

So the movie Sneakers, amazing movie, still holds up today. If you haven't seen it, go watch Sneakers. It's awesome. But they did a lot of physical security stuff. If the door's got the hinges on the inside, you can kick it open. If it's on the outside, then you can do something different. But what else? There's the social engineering aspect where...

So the movie Sneakers, amazing movie, still holds up today. If you haven't seen it, go watch Sneakers. It's awesome. But they did a lot of physical security stuff. If the door's got the hinges on the inside, you can kick it open. If it's on the outside, then you can do something different. But what else? There's the social engineering aspect where...

So the movie Sneakers, amazing movie, still holds up today. If you haven't seen it, go watch Sneakers. It's awesome. But they did a lot of physical security stuff. If the door's got the hinges on the inside, you can kick it open. If it's on the outside, then you can do something different. But what else? There's the social engineering aspect where...

They wanted to get through like a front lobby attendant who had to like buzz them in. So they had someone else come in with like, I think it was like a delivery, like just creating a lot of stress. So one guy's like, yo, I got this delivery. Other guy's like, hey, I got my cake and my balloons. Can you just ring me up?

They wanted to get through like a front lobby attendant who had to like buzz them in. So they had someone else come in with like, I think it was like a delivery, like just creating a lot of stress. So one guy's like, yo, I got this delivery. Other guy's like, hey, I got my cake and my balloons. Can you just ring me up?

They wanted to get through like a front lobby attendant who had to like buzz them in. So they had someone else come in with like, I think it was like a delivery, like just creating a lot of stress. So one guy's like, yo, I got this delivery. Other guy's like, hey, I got my cake and my balloons. Can you just ring me up?

And it just goes and escalates until he's like, ah, just pushes the button and gets in, right? Of course, you know, he didn't have a cake or anything like that. The balloons were to cover the camera. And the cake was, I think it was like a briefcase of some hardware that he had to like infiltrate into the company that would go attack things, right? Great demo.