> Instead of seeing it as an innocent mistake and writing things off as ‘kids will be kids’, Kubecka faced harsh punishment.
> Kubecka had a love of space from a young age, thanks to several members of her family working for NASA. However, her dreams of becoming an astronaut soon shifted to computing, thanks to her mother being a programmer for the agency.
> Saying that she started creating little horror games with Easter eggs from a young age, Kubecka then dabbled in the world of ‘ethical hacking’. We’ve seen these kinds of people explore the Dark Web, so we don’t have to, also warning against the likes of hackers.
> At the age of just 10, Kubecka’s school had just gotten a grant and installed some brand-new computers that fed her curiosity. In her own words, Kubecka explained: “I explored so much, I found my way into the Department of Justice and the FBI, and I thought, this can’t really be real.
> “It must be a game, because their passcode was only zero, zero, zero, zero. So I didn’t think it was real, because it was too easy.”
> Unfortunately for the young hacker, she really had found her way into the DoJ and the FBI, accidentally stumbling across files on undercover FBI agents.
> Explaining a little more about how she hacked the FBI, Kubecka said she used a dial-up modem and simply saw whether the computer on the other end was connected. If it were, she could communicate with it, possible to even play games on someone else’s computer back in the day.
> Even though many would argue the fault should lie with lax security rather than the curious mind of a young girl, Kubecka’s actions must’ve triggered the FBI, which tracked her down two-and-a-half weeks later: “I was caught red-handed. in the library wearing pigtails. They did not expect that.”
> While the FBI probably expected someone a little more experienced, that didn’t mean the agency took it easy on Kubecka.
> As for what it was like being apprehended, Kubecka said: “When you’re a kid and you see two grown adults who want to take you to a police station, you’re like, ‘Oh no…’ You have no idea what’s going to go on.
> “You’ve been taken from your safe place, which is in front of a computer in the library to someplace that’s very cold.”
> Due to several members of Kubecka’s family having high security clearance at NASA, she was slapped with an administrative order that banned her from most types of computers until she was 18.
bruhmate0011 on
If I was the fbi I would offer her a job when she grew up
This is just loser behavior
CrazyTechWizard96 on
This just makes Me laugh.
Had some satilite reciver almost two decades ago with that default code, a suitcase I used to own, even helped a friend out with a TV passcode.
0000 is always My go to if I try to get something to open, that and a few other combinations with are just default or simple af.
But them messing up like that is some impressive level of incompetence.
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> It shouldn’t be child’s play to get inside the FBI, but for Chris Kubecka, that’s exactly what happened.
> Instead of seeing it as an innocent mistake and writing things off as ‘kids will be kids’, Kubecka faced harsh punishment.
> Kubecka had a love of space from a young age, thanks to several members of her family working for NASA. However, her dreams of becoming an astronaut soon shifted to computing, thanks to her mother being a programmer for the agency.
> Saying that she started creating little horror games with Easter eggs from a young age, Kubecka then dabbled in the world of ‘ethical hacking’. We’ve seen these kinds of people explore the Dark Web, so we don’t have to, also warning against the likes of hackers.
> At the age of just 10, Kubecka’s school had just gotten a grant and installed some brand-new computers that fed her curiosity. In her own words, Kubecka explained: “I explored so much, I found my way into the Department of Justice and the FBI, and I thought, this can’t really be real.
> “It must be a game, because their passcode was only zero, zero, zero, zero. So I didn’t think it was real, because it was too easy.”
> Unfortunately for the young hacker, she really had found her way into the DoJ and the FBI, accidentally stumbling across files on undercover FBI agents.
> Explaining a little more about how she hacked the FBI, Kubecka said she used a dial-up modem and simply saw whether the computer on the other end was connected. If it were, she could communicate with it, possible to even play games on someone else’s computer back in the day.
> Even though many would argue the fault should lie with lax security rather than the curious mind of a young girl, Kubecka’s actions must’ve triggered the FBI, which tracked her down two-and-a-half weeks later: “I was caught red-handed. in the library wearing pigtails. They did not expect that.”
> While the FBI probably expected someone a little more experienced, that didn’t mean the agency took it easy on Kubecka.
> As for what it was like being apprehended, Kubecka said: “When you’re a kid and you see two grown adults who want to take you to a police station, you’re like, ‘Oh no…’ You have no idea what’s going to go on.
> “You’ve been taken from your safe place, which is in front of a computer in the library to someplace that’s very cold.”
> Due to several members of Kubecka’s family having high security clearance at NASA, she was slapped with an administrative order that banned her from most types of computers until she was 18.
If I was the fbi I would offer her a job when she grew up
This is just loser behavior
This just makes Me laugh.
Had some satilite reciver almost two decades ago with that default code, a suitcase I used to own, even helped a friend out with a TV passcode.
0000 is always My go to if I try to get something to open, that and a few other combinations with are just default or simple af.
But them messing up like that is some impressive level of incompetence.