Legion of Doom
The Legion of Doom (later LOD / H ) was an American hacker and phreaker group that existed from 1984 to the early 1990s.
In the summer of 1984, the group was founded around a hacker with the pseudonym "Lex Luthor". The model for the naming was a group of Superman opponents called "Legion of Doom" around the comic figure Lex Luthor . A more computer-oriented subgroup called "Legion of Hackers" was later assimilated, hence the short form LOD / H that was then used.
The Legion of Doom was the publisher of the underground magazine LOD Technical Journals , an electronic publication that presented hacking methods and results as well as phreaking tips and instructions for building a bluebox . The journal was originally supposed to appear regularly, but was ultimately only completed four times between 1987 and 1990.
The association later split into two factions. Member Mark Abene founded the Masters of Deception hacking group . He was followed by other members of LoD. As a result of the division, rivalries arose between the two groups that came to be known as the "Great Hacker War".
In the early 1990s, US-wide Operation Sundevil began cracking down on groups of hackers through the Secret Service and the FBI . In the course of this, many members of the Legion of Doom were arrested - many for acts typical of hacking and phreaking, such as taking over computers or telephone lines, but some also for credit fraud for personal gain. Ultimately, however, the operation was not very successful, and many of the accused were acquitted. In one case, the court threw in the judgment of the Secret Service "sloppy" ( sloppy ) preparation and recommended "better training" ( better education ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Article about the LOD / H in Phrack - Edition 31 from 1990
- ^ Court ruling ( December 1, 2004 memento in the Internet Archive ), archived by the Electronic Frontier Foundation
literature
- Pekka Himanen: The hacker ethic and the spirit of the information age. Riemann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-570-50020-9 .
- Armin Medosch , Janko Röttgers : Netzpiraten. The culture of electronic crime . Heinz Heise Verlag, Hannover 2001, ISBN 3-88229-188-5 ( Telepolis ).
- Denis Moschitto , Evrim Sen : Hackerland. The scene's log. 3rd updated and expanded edition. Tropen-Verlag, Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-932170-29-6 ( website ).
- Denis Moschitto, Evrim Sen: Hackertales. Stories from friend + enemy. 1st edition. Tropen-Verlag, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-932170-38-5 ( website ).
- Michelle Slatalla, Joshua Quittner: Masters of Deception. The cyber gang on the info highway. Ammann, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-250-10278-4 (licensed edition: Heyne-Verlag, Munich 1997, ISBN 3-453-12492-8 ( Heyne books 1 = Heyne general series 10322)).