Doomed to Fail

Ep 109 - I invented it!: Al Gore's Cyber War Game - Eligible Receiver 97

Episode Summary

In War Games Part 2, we talk about the 1997 Game 'Eligible Receiver' where "Government Hackers" were able to disable civilian power grids, get into top-secret government networks, and take command of a ship. We chat about how the internet is really young, and how we are really old, and how everything that Hollywood can imagine is probably true.

Episode Notes

In War Games Part 2, we talk about the 1997 Game 'Eligible Receiver' where "Government Hackers" were able to disable civilian power grids, get into top-secret government networks, and take command of a ship. We chat about how the internet is really young, and how we are really old, and how everything that Hollywood can imagine is probably true. 

Sources:

Dark Territory - Frank Kaplan 

NSDD145

https://irp.fas.org/offdocs/nsdd145.htm

The Kill Chain - https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/51338665

Sneakers - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEhgUxQ322A

https://slate.com/technology/2016/03/inside-the-nsas-shockingly-successful-simulated-hack-of-the-u-s-military.html