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Sir Dystic savages Microsoft

Sir Dystic has written a program that, he claims, allows users to take... Read more

5 August, 1998 by Richard Barry

Sir Dystic's claims rubbished

...for himself at this week's DEFCON in Las Vegas, computer hacker Sir Dystic, of the hacker clan ‘Cult of the Dead Cow', reckons the... Read more

6 August, 1998 by Richard Barry

A Year Ago: Back Orifice creator's new projects

...released by the media-friendly hacking group Cult of the Dead Cow. "Sir Dystic" -- the hacker behind the original BackOrifice program released at last year... Read more

14 July, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Cult's anti-virus notions laughable - AV industry

...to scrutinise the activity of any program on his or her machine. "Sir Dystic" author of both solutions says, "We believe current anti-virus software... Read more

19 July, 1999 by Will Knight

Back Orifice creator's new projects

...Sir Dystic" -- the hacker behind the original BackOrifice program released at last year... Read more

13 July, 1999 by Robert Lemos

A Year Ago: MTV made to look ridiculous by fake hacker

First published: Tue, 19 Oct 1999 17:31:17 GMT Read more

19 October, 2000 by Will Knight

A Year Ago: Mitnick signs plea agreement

Originally published Fri, 19 Mar 1999 11:54:40 GMT Read more

20 March, 2000 by ZDNet

Mixter: A hunted hacker

As FBI tracks the author of a program linked to last week's attack, the wanted hacker posts fix-it guidelines to ward off future Web takedowns. Read more

14 February, 2000 by ZDNet

MTV made to look ridiculous by fake hacker

TV channel's blinkered view of hackers enabled programme hoax Read more

19 October, 1999 by Will Knight

News Burst: G-8 nations to meet over cybercrime

Organised cybercrime is the target of next week's G-8 meeting in Moscow. Read more

14 October, 1999 by Will Knight

Schindler heads toward life post-Mitnick - Part3

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4 October, 1999 by Lisa M Bowman

Schindler heads toward life post-Mitnick - Part2

Part 1 Read more

4 October, 1999 by Lisa M Bowman

Schindler heads toward life post-Mitnick

David Schindler prosecuted the most high-profile hackers of the decade, and also took down a prominent U.S. governor. Now he's moving on. Read more

4 October, 1999 by Lisa M Bowman

News Burst: Scottish hackers declare war on Wales

A group of Scottish hackers who cracked Scotland's official government Web site Wednesday declared war on the people of Wales for stealing 5000 Scottish sheep. Read more

9 September, 1999 by Will Knight

Mitnick case dropped - Hacker case 'mischarged'

The Los Angeles district attorney gave Kevin Mitnick a birthday present Friday, dropping its six-year-old computer hacking case against the convicted hacker. Read more

9 August, 1999 by Paul Elias

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yeah! all we want free software

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Just gimme a map to the fridge. :D

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