If you weren’t aware, I have written a book and it is released today!
On this day 122 years ago, the first great hacker made history. A true origin story of hacking and security.
Nevil Maskelyne hacked Guglielmo Marconi, the Father of Radio at the climax of their grand rivalry.
Marconi was demonstrating a wireless system at the Royal Institution. He claimed could not be intercepted or interfered with and his system provided secure wireless communications.
The demonstration did not go as planned. Maskelyne performed an act of “scientific hooliganism.”
Maskelyne was able to intercept and interfere with Marconi’s very public demonstration leaving a trail of destroyed reputations and smashed egos.
Today, on the anniversary of the famous 1903 incident at the Royal Institution, Freaks of the Wireless reveals the previously untold story of Nevil Maskelyne, the first great hacker, inventor, and world famous magician.
For years, their rivalry raged across the pages of national newspapers. Powerful figures of the day became drawn into the feud. King Edward VII, Tsar Nicholas II, President Teddy Rosevelt, Sir Thomas Lipton, J.P. Morgan, J.D Rockefeller and many others all play a part in this spectacular story.
This is the first time the story has been told in over a century.
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