Hacker Group L0pht Making a Comeback

angry tapir writes "The news report begins with shots of a tense space shuttle launch. Engineers hunch over computer banks and techno music pounds in the background. There is a countdown, a lift-off, and then you see a young man in a black T-shirt and sunglasses, apparently reporting from 'space.' This is the Hacker News Network, and after a decade offline it is lifting off again, this time with a quirky brand of video reports about security. Hacker News Network is one of the side projects of the Boston-based hacker collective known as L0pht Heavy Industries. They're the guys who famously told the US Congress that they could take down the Internet in about 30 minutes, and who helped invent the way that security bugs are reported to computer companies."

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Re:Pioneers of the glamourous geek lifestyle

[maxume]

That's just stupid. Computer skills became more in demand because computers became more entrenched in society, and no, computers did not become more entrenched in society because the press did some articles about some guys that were smart.

Ugh.

[Anonymous Coward]

So these are the posers that put a bit of faux repectability on crackers and a whole lot of smear on actual honestly creative hackers. Clearly, a whole lot of moxie and a bit of media savvy brings you quite a ways.

Thanks so much guys.