Phreaking

Phreaking

Overview of Phreaking in relation to cyber crime: [1]In 1971, Ron Rosenbaum published ''Secrets of the Little Blue Box'' in Esquire magazine, placing phreaking into public view. The article included interviews with famous phreaks, including Joe Engressia and John Draper (aka ''Captain Crunch''), who was renowned for his pioneering use of the little whistle that came in the breakfast cereal of that name to phreak. Afterwards phreaking methods were used increasingly for fraudulent rather than exploratory purposes, which led to federal agents arresting many phreaks, including some named in the Esquire article, including John Draper.

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Notes and References

1. By Nathan Fisk

See Also

• Types of Cybercrime
• Cybercriminal

Further Reading

Rosenbaum, R. (1971, October). Secrets of the little blue box. Esquire, 124; Gadaix, E. (2004, October 14). Phreaking in the 21st century. Presented at HITBSecConf2004, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia; Sterling, B. (1992). The hacker crackdown. New York: Bantam.