MTV True Life - I'm a Hacker

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MTV featured "I'm a Hacker" on its True Life series. A number of teen hackers were featured discussing their exploits. After the episode aired in 1999, one of the filmed hackers (shamrock) revealed that he intentionally misrepresented his exploits in order to hoax MTV.

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