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What got you hooked on computers? Specifically hacking.

I never had a computer growing up but really wanted one. I was stuck with my Xbox 360 and with the help of a family member, showed me how to mod my own console, then played Black Ops 1 with modded loadouts and a fancy gamertag loll
I just prefer it to resell stuff over a damn phone these days.
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My father worked in IT for many years so that was my introduction. What really did it for me though was seeing a custom gaming rig for the first time. That was a long time ago and I don't do much gaming these days but seeing someone turn a computer into a work of art really intrigued me.
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i originally got a pc at 13 to play battlefield 3, been on computers ever since but didnt get into cybersec until like 7 years later
(Jun 4, 2026 11:12 PM)hunk05 Wrote:  i originally got a pc at 13 to play battlefield 3, been on computers ever since but didnt get into cybersec until like 7 years later

Dude battlefield 3 was fkn awesome
(May 15, 2026 08:31 AM)Peers Wrote:  I never had a computer growing up but really wanted one. I was stuck with my Xbox 360 and with the help of a family member, showed me how to mod my own console, then played Black Ops 1 with modded loadouts and a fancy gamertag loll

Playing video games. Now I’m a freaking millionaire thanks to hacking.
(Aug 22, 2026 11:22 AM)kommer2016 Wrote:  Playing video games. Now I’m a freaking millionaire thanks to hacking.

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Not sure if it's still in my post history - but last year of high school I was a delinquent and got in some massive heat with the administration, been hooked since.
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modding games was definitely the gateway for a lot of people. started with console tweaks for me too and then i wanted to learn how the networking behind it actually worked.
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(Aug 24, 2026 02:03 AM)Terry A. Davis Wrote:  Not sure if it's still in my post history - but last year of high school I was a delinquent and got in some massive heat with the administration, been hooked since.

That's awesome man lmaoo


(Aug 24, 2026 06:01 PM)psycheuser Wrote:  modding games was definitely the gateway for a lot of people. started with console tweaks for me too and then i wanted to learn how the networking behind it actually worked.

Hell yeah brother
Okey brother, what typical firmware coordinates that way tho?
i got into hacking stuff around 2009ish after someone got me with some malware lol. funny enough the guy was pretty chill and ended up showing me a bunch of hacking tools and stuff, and that’s kinda what got me interested in it
(Aug 28, 2026 07:04 PM)arleynel Wrote:  i got into hacking stuff around 2009ish after someone got me with some malware lol. funny enough the guy was pretty chill and ended up showing me a bunch of hacking tools and stuff, and that’s kinda what got me interested in it

He blessed you up loll
it was gaming that drew me to computers, but specifics with hacking was cheat engine was my first experience towards hacking
(May 15, 2026 08:31 AM)Peers Wrote:  I never had a computer growing up but really wanted one. I was stuck with my Xbox 360 and with the help of a family member, showed me how to mod my own console, then played Black Ops 1 with modded loadouts and a fancy gamertag loll

You should’ve sold that console and grabbed a desktop, bro. Or just picked up some cheap rig off Craigslist. Debian Linux can run on like 512 MB of RAM, and you could even boot certain distros on a bargain-bin Raspberry Pi. All you needed was a keyboard and boom you’d be running Linux. Quit blaming your parents; you played a part too.


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