Summary: Nathan Sportsman, CEO of Praetorian, is documenting the history of cybersecurity pioneers through a docuseries titled “Where Warlocks Stay Up Late,” aiming to preserve their stories and contributions to the field. The project involves interviews with over 200 hackers from the 1980s and 1990s, highlighting their journeys and the evolution of hacker culture.
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Key Point :
- The docuseries will feature long-form interviews with cybersecurity pioneers, focusing on their technical achievements and personal stories.
- Artifacts from interviewees will be collected for a potential future museum exhibit, possibly at the Smithsonian.
- The project aims to create an anthropological map of hacker groups and their contributions to the cybersecurity landscape.
- Harvard anthropologist Gabriella Coleman emphasizes the importance of collaborative narratives in understanding the hacker community’s evolution.
- The initiative seeks to ensure that the history of hacking and its cultural dynamics are preserved for future generations.