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The appearance of the first computers meant, almost simultaneously, the appearance of the pirates first. In the 1940s, attempts to escape in a personal interest or as a means of protest, computer systems have become a constant threat to the security of computers, phones and computer systems. Here are the most important moments in the history of piracy:

The early - 1960s

The first operating systems developed at the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) has unveiled the first vulnerability. In 1965, it is a problem was discovered in the system Multics CTSS on an IBM 7094, which the opening of the text editor was offered the password to any user.

Piracy of history - 1970s

The 1970s are important in the history of piracy due to the emergence of hackers phone (phreaks). One of them, John Draper, discovered that a whistle distributed as a toy in a box of cereal required the same frequency as AT & t phone systems. Using the whistle, hackers have managed to create a system that allows to bypass the system of toll operator for free calls to any destination. Founders of Apple Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniacki, were also involved in the production of the "blue box", the tool of hacking based on time.

Piracy of history - 1980s

In the 1980s, most hackers were oriented towards the computer industry and began the first tools of communication online, the precursor of the Usenet network. The increasing number of attacks led to the first law of the United States against the pirates in 1986. The first international case of espionage has been tried in 1989, and three German pirates were sentenced for stealing information from the authorities and US companies and sell to the KGB.

Piracy of history - 1990s

With the emergence of the Netscape Navigator browser, in 1994, the pirates began to move their information on the web. A year later, a few Russian hackers stole 10 million from Citibank. The 1990s are important for AOHELL too, the programme which has enabled Pirates fans disrupt the AOL services. In 1999, Microsoft has released hundreds of bug fixes in Windows 98, which could be exploited by hackers.

Piracy of history - the years 2000

Since the terrorist attacks in 2000 against Yahoo!, Amazon and eBay, the authorities is increasingly concerned the safety of information, sending more pirates in prison. In 2001, Microsoft was the first DNS attack victim. In 2007, the FBI has arrested a group of hackers computer, responsible for the infiltration of 1 PC million and 20 million of damage.

Piracy after 2010

Over the past two years, the largest group of hackers has proven to be anonymous, which brought together many supporters through online attacks that many regard as "for worthy causes." After the closure of the site Megaupload by the FBI, the Anonymous group held one of the largest attacks in history with an offensive of piracy on several websites of the American authorities.

Other milestones in the recent hacking history are operation Aurora, making Chinese hackers stole sensitive Google information, breaking the PlayStation network, making the $ 77 million user accounts were exposed in 2011, and the moment of 700,000 by a Bangladeshi hacker Web sites.