I am trying to find some definitive information about a Federal(?) government “Community Public Access Network (CPAN)”, which I believe existed between at least 1995-1997.
I have solid memories of this as a teenager visiting a local Government building to access the internet (which was mainly gopher at the time) and obtaining an email address which was @cpan.???.gov.au with Eudora on a floppy disk. The service I think shut down around 1997 and people were told to go and sign up with new email provider Hotmail.
I have not been able to find any references to this early internet service and would love to try and get some information about it.
Special Shoutout
@NewtonMark any chance you have any knowledge on this, or have a contact who would? (I am too scared to cold-message Geoff Huston :))
I just finished watching an absolutely insane video on mobile phone security, and I really encourage you to watch it in full as well:
I was aware of some of these issues with SS7, but that they are readily available to a YouTuber? Who can demonstrate it in the real-world, hacking another YouTuber in a different country? With an attack that is realistically only in the 4-5 figure range to perform? 🤯