This infamous Unsolved Mysteries segment features Kevin Poulsen aka Dark Dante, hacking ARPANET and breaking into a CO to "work" on the ESS. Telephone company investigators Terry Atchley and Jon Von Brauch, who worked to arrest Poulsen also appear in this episode.
Kevin Poulsen grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of North Hollywood. On his 16th birthday, he received his first computer. Like most devoted hackers, he adopted a colorful pseudonym. Kevin Poulsen became “Dark Dante.” Eventually, he uncovered a telephone number which gave him access to a restricted computer network funded by the Pentagon. When the FBI started pursuing Poulsen, he went underground as a fugitive. When he was featured on NBC’s Unsolved Mysteries, the show’s 1-800 telephone lines mysteriously crashed. Related posts: Feb 22, 2017 · Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 12 Episode 11 - Full Episode - Duration: 44:15. Unsolved Mysteries - Full Episodes 150,422 views. 44:15. When Poulsen was featured on Unsolved Mysteries, a reality crime-solving show, the program's 800 number went dead as Poulsen's picture came on the screen. But Poulsen was captured shortly after the episode aired in 1991, when employees in a supermarket recognized him and tackled him in the aisles. When Unsolved Mysteries aired the episode about him, the phone lines mysteriously went dead, it was never proven that Poulsen had anything to do with it. A book was written about Kevin Poulsen called The Watchman: The Twisted Life and Crimes of Serial Hacker Kevin Poulsen by Jon Littman. Poulsen is said to have disliked the book.
“One can only speculate about what motivated Kevin Poulsen,” concluded Robert Stack on “Unsolved Mysteries.” “But now he is a wanted man, facing up to 37 years in prison.
This week we cover Episode 3 of Netflix's Unsolved Mysteries. We found plenty of extra information that deepens the mystery and adds a little more context to this horrific and mysterious crime! Thanks for listening!
“One can only speculate about what motivated Kevin Poulsen,” concluded Robert Stack on “Unsolved Mysteries.” “But now he is a wanted man, facing up to 37 years in prison.
Kevin Poulsen grew up in the Los Angeles suburb of North Hollywood. On his 16th birthday, he received his first computer. Like most devoted hackers, he adopted a colorful pseudonym. Kevin Poulsen became “Dark Dante.” Eventually, he uncovered a telephone number which gave him access to a restricted computer network funded by the Pentagon. When the FBI started pursuing Poulsen, he went underground as a fugitive. When he was featured on NBC’s Unsolved Mysteries, the show’s 1-800 telephone lines mysteriously crashed. Related posts: Feb 22, 2017 · Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack - Season 12 Episode 11 - Full Episode - Duration: 44:15. Unsolved Mysteries - Full Episodes 150,422 views. 44:15.