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the hack that broke myspace

January 21, 2026 · 35 min

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In 2005, Myspace pages were flooded with the saying “Samy is my hero” and then suddenly, the platform went dark. Dexter talks with Jack Rhysider, host of the podcast Darknet Diaries, about Samy Kamkar, how he accidentally took down the biggest social media platform at the time, and how it changed the modern Internet. 

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  • Jack’s Darknet Diaries episode with Samy: https://darknetdiaries.com/episode/61/

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