Valdis.Kletnieks@xxxxxx wrote:
History is always written by the winning side.
I couldn't agree more
On the flip side, is there actually *any* one person who's in a position to give "the real scoop" on how things looked from the hacker/cracker side of the fence for that decade?
I think there are about two handfuls that I know of that can place it all together but I also know in doing so many careers could be ruined as well as current businesses to some degree.
I can think of a bunch of people who could talk about their corner of the scene, but by 1990 it was big enough that no one person could know all of it other than by hearsay....
Of the people I had in mind, it definitely would not be hearsay. When I describe the 90's I'm talking about the mid through late 90's and I mean this in the sense of those who were making noise on the scene with their attacks - keep in mind the original post was about script kiddiots (DoS) so I believe on that portion of individuals who were out attacking sites, defacing, etc., it would be easier than you think to put the puzzle together name names and give accounts of what truly happened. Would be an interesting read, but the author would also face the wraith of feds because they could possibly expose snitches, informants, rats however you want to call them. -- ==================================================== J. Oquendo http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x1383A743sil . infiltrated @ net http://www.infiltrated.net
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