Activ8te sends a message with Teardrop Falling

Meet Activ8te, a producer of electronic music for techies in Silicon Valley. He composes music in a variety of genres as a creative outlet and to unwind from thinking about his day job in cyber-security. While his main musical purpose is to elicit an emotional response from his listeners, they also aid in educating people about difficult cyber-security issues.

His newest release, “Teardrop Falling”, was inspired by his early research on mitigating Distributed Denial of Service assaults on a large scale. Activ8te collaborated with a number of security experts and independent musicians to create “Teardrop Falling”, a song concerning distributed denial of service and censorship, under the auspices of the Cyber-House Collective.

Deep house sounds and motivational vocals discuss how the Internet is being banned in many nations but, more significantly, how DDoS attacks are also increasingly being used as a method of Internet censorship.

 

The track itself was motivated by current events in the Ukraine, and the song’s title is a reference to a famous denial-of-service attack. It also has a connection to the long history of censorship practised by oppressive regimes, such as China and Russia. The first of a series of tunes regarding cyber-security, Teardrop Falling is intended to pique listeners’ interest in these subjects.

Activ8te is intending to create several additional security-themed tracks before the renowned hacking conference DefCon in August. According to Activ8te: “my ambition is to inspire a new generation to pursue careers in security and have our music contribute to a better secure Internet for all.”

Listen to Activ8te – Teardrop Falling via our link below

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