ABSTRACT
The 414s (taking their name after the area code of their hometown of Milwaukee, Wisconsin) were computer hackers ranging in age from 16 to 22 years who, in the early 1980s, compromised numerous high-profile computer systems, including computers at Los Alamos National Laboratory located in Los Alamos, New Mexico; Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center located in New York City; and Security Pacific Bank located in Los Angeles, California. Nonetheless, the 414s were not completely innocent because they were responsible for damages on the order of $1,500 at Sloan-Kettering during their June 3, 1983 hack due to the fact that they deleted certain billing records, allegedly to cover their own tracks. The 414s had merely made use of low-cost home personal computers and very simple hacking techniques, such as using default and common passwords and exploiting unpatched security holes. Of course, these types of exploits are still with us even today in 2016.
