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Dec 2022
24m 39s

Queen of the Phone Hackers

Pushkin Industries
About this episode

One of the first computer hackers was a woman. She pulled some of the most elaborate computer hacks of the 80's and yet no one knows her name.

Host Joel Stein speaks to Claire L. Evans about her article in the Verge, “Searching for Susy Thunder.”

You can read the full story here: https://www.theverge.com/c/22889425/susy-thunder-headley-hackers-phone-phreakers-claire-evans

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