Some kids at Santa Clara high students hacked into school’s computers. The kicker, they where found because they wrote down the passwords and left them in the library, pretty much just like in WarGames. They then used there access to look at test questions and their fellow students homework.
WarGames was a seminal moment in my life (1983!! I am grumpy AND old!) After viewing it I knew I wanted to be involved with computers and with computer security in particular. There is a scene at the beginning of the movie where the main character (played by Matthew Broderick) gets sent to the office on purpose so he can steal the passwords to the schools computer that are written under the secretaries desk drawer.
If you have not seen WarGames you owe it to yourself to stick it in your NetFlix queue.
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