Denny Teresi

Denny Teresi is a blind former phone phreak and radio disk jockey,^[1] most famous for being the person who introduced John Draper to the field. Both Draper and Teresi were doing Pirate radio broadcasts in the San Jose, California area. Their initial contact came when Teresi responded by telephone to one of Draper's pirate broadcasts.^[2]

In the Discovery Channel documentary about Hacking, Teresi is identified as the expert in "social engineering." Obtaining information about how different aspects of how the system operated was the key. Terisi's mastery of the phone company's jargon allowed him to speak with phone company employees to trick them into revealing more information.^[3]

References

1. ^ http://www.afana.org/ktaoroster.htm KTAO roster
2. ^ http://www.webcrunchers.com/stories/first_visit.html Webcrunchers
3. ^ http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=5464925144369700635# ]]Discovery Channel]] Documentary "History of Hacking"

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