Hackers: Code & Chaos | National Media Archive
In the shadows of the digital world, where anonymity is power and information is currency, battle lines are drawn not with bullets but with code. This show takes listeners deep into the heart of cyberspace’s most high-stakes confrontations — where rogue programmers exploit vulnerabilities, corporations scramble to secure their data empires, and government agencies wage invisible wars across invisible lines. It’s a realm shaped by encryption, espionage, whistleblowers, and wild ambition. From black hat exploits to state-sponsored surveillance, every episode explores the blurred boundaries between ethics and law, privacy and paranoia, control and chaos. This isn’t just about computers — it’s about the future of power itself. Join as we uncover 11 million untold true stories. Disclosure Statement: The National Media Archive and affiliated programs use Artificial Intelligence throughout areas of research, production, and editing. These tools are actively embraced as part of our approach to development and workflow. All outputs are subject to human review to ensure they meet our editorial standards. For more information about our use of AI, please visit our website at NationalMediaArchive.com/ai
Episodes
By age fourteen, he'd joined a basic hacking forum centered around chaos on MSN Messenger, the once-ubiquitous instant messaging service.
There, kids swapped code like other kids traded Pokémon cards.
Worms disguised as images.
Keyloggers wrapped in innocent-looking apps.
At first, Marcus didn’t understand what half of it did.
But he was curious.
Curious enough to write his own password stealer — code that could extract...
David Pokora wasn’t the kind of kid who had to try very hard to get into trouble. By the age of three, he wasn’t reading stories — he was playing first-person shooters with more grace than most adults could manage with a controller. He wasn't interested in the aliens or the explosions. What grabbed him was the feeling. Press a key, make something happen. Left-click, and pixels obey. It was a language. One he understood fluently bef...
There’s something thrilling about watching a kid stare down a billion-dollar corporation and win. It’s the kind of story Silicon Valley pretends to celebrate—until it doesn’t. Before it became a badge of honor to disrupt, before venture-backed startups turned words like “hacker” into corporate slogans, there was a teenager in New Jersey with a screwdriver, a guitar pick, and an idea. His name was George Hotz, and when the iPhone la...
Mustafe Al-Bassam was born in 1995, and was working with anonymous, he and his group Lulzsec an offspring from anonymous hacked many major companies such as the CIA. Exposing customers data from 25 million users.
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