Herwart Holland-Moritz, known as Wau Holland, (December 12, 1951 - July 29, 2001) co-founded the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in 1981, one of the world's oldest hacking clubs. The CCC became world famous when its members exposed security flaws in Germany's "Bildschirmtext" (Btx) online television service by getting a bank to send them DM 134,000 for accessing its Btx page many times. They returned the money the next day.
Holland also co-founded the ...
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Herwart Holland-Moritz, known as Wau Holland, (December 12, 1951 - July 29, 2001) co-founded the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) in 1981, one of the world's oldest hacking clubs. The CCC became world famous when its members exposed security flaws in Germany's "Bildschirmtext" (Btx) online television service by getting a bank to send them DM 134,000 for accessing its Btx page many times. They returned the money the next day.
Holland also co-founded the CCC's hacker magazine Datenschleuder in 1984, which praised the possibilities of global information networks and powerful computers, and included detailed wiring diagrams for building your own modems cheaply. (The then-monopolist and phone company Deutsche Bundespost - whose telecommunications branch is now Deutsche Telekom - had to approve modems and sold expensive, slow modems of their own.)
Because of Holland's continuing participation in the club, the CCC gained popularity and credibility. He gave speeches on information control for the...
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