Phrack

route, daemon9, ms

IRL Name: 
Mike Schiffman
Biography: 

A no doubt, true elite from back in the old school days. Former phrack editor with ties to some of the most experienced hackers you've never heard of; and some you have. Guy's been around for almost 20 years in the hacking community since the time of this writing.

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The Nightstalker

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According to his phrack profile, he started in the phreak world in 1971 due to the Esquire article on blue boxes and YIPL magazine. He obtained his first blue box by January, 1972. He started hacking in 1975 after obtaining a TI Silent 700 Series, Model 700 exceedingly dumb terminal. He stumbled upon ARPAnet in Massachusetts, the bridge at MIT...1 hour later, he figured out how to get on. He toyed with the MIT exchange and found the MULTICS system and their artificial intelligence system. They were just beginning to use a language called LISP at the time.

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Sir Hackalot

Biography: 

Sir Hackalot is one of the classic hackers of PHAZE Inc. and has authored famous hacking tutorials like Unix 'Nasties' and UNIX: A Hacking Tutorial. His archives are also filed in Phrack Magazine.

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Taran King

IRL Name: 
Randy (Last name removed by RaT at request of Taran King [identity verified])
Biography: 

While not technically a hacker, Taran King started two of the most popular BBSes of the underground scene (The Dark Tower and The Metal Shop). As that was not enough to do, he began an e-zine called Phrack that a few people might know about today.

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