The Evolution of Hacking: From Phone Phreaking to AI Attacks

Hacking isn’t crime. It’s curiosity with consequences.

This isn’t just history—it’s a weaponized timeline of how hacking evolved, scaled, and went dark.

Inside, you’ll dive into:

• Origins of chaos: phone phreaking, computer viruses, Morris worm, social engineering.
• Classic attacks: phishing, trojans, keyloggers, SQL injections, rootkits, DDoS, man-in-the-middle, spyware.
• Modern threats: APTs, ransomware, cyberterrorism, exploit kits, AI-driven hacking.
• Hacker cultures: Anonymous, white hats, black hats, gray hats, hacktivism, Defcon.
• Digital battlegrounds: SCADA systems, cybersecurity warfare, zero-days, network intrusion, cyber defense.
• Psych ops + stealth: deep web tactics, insider threats, password cracking, social hacking, clickjacking.

The game changed. But the mindset remains: break things, learn fast, stay ahead.

From analog tricks to algorithmic warfare—this course shows how hacking became the shadow code of civilization.