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TWENTY-SIX

Note: This is a past-day event, (continuation of even-numbered chapters time span: 2,4,6, etc.)

"Did you know that a famous hacker lived near here?" asked Gregory one day as he walked back from rugby practice with me.

"What?" I said trying to put on my tracksuit top in the process.

"Yep, here in this area. His hacker nick was Kokey. He taught himself electronics and computer programming from books he found in the library. And when he was fifteen, he built his first computer himself for just $170. He managed to guess other guys' Telkom Beltel passwords and was able to get on the net at their expense. That's how he got to know hackers in other countries. Later he also did blue-boxing."

"What is that?" I ask

"You still remember Capt'n Crunch?"

"Yes?"

"Now with blue boxing, you also send tones through the phone. Kokey managed to make free phone calls by exploiting Telkom's toll-free numbers. And he has places like the government, CSIR, weather bureau, Pick 'n Pay, Olivetti and Standard Ba
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