61: Samy

Samy Kamkar is a hacker. And while he’s done a lot of stuff, he’s best known for creating the Samy Worm. Which spread its way through a popular social media site and had crazy results.

Thanks to our guest Samy Kamkar for telling his story. Learn more about him by visiting https://samy.pl/.

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Sources

• Samy’s YouTube Channel
• Video: MySpace Worm Animated Story
• https://samy.pl/myspace/
• https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/wnjwb4/the-myspace-worm-that-changed-the-internet-forever

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