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[ The History of MOD ]
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BOOK THREE: A Kick In The Groin
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Well, suffice it to say, the fun couldn't last forever. On January 24, 1990,
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the Secret Service visited the homes of Acid Phreak, Phiber Optik, and
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Scorpion.
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The raid didn't come as a surprise since they had been somewhat weary of
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Thomas Covenant's behavior as of late. Acid Phreak had been away for 2
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weeks (visiting relatives in a foreign country) and was *somewhat*
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surprised to meet such unopportune guests a day after his arrival.
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Phiber was equally amused at the "cleaning service" he found so
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diligently working in his bedroom. Scorpion on the other hand, extremely
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*enjoyed* the thorough job they had performed at both his dorm and his
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house and even saved some hardware they had left behind for the next time
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they visit (which they did).
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Days later, they had gone to meet The Wing, which wasn't able to talk for
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too long since he was too busy. He had been anticipating this little visit
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for awhile though. His dad didn't exactly like the idea of their presence
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and kicked their lack-of-a-warrant asses out before they got a chance to put
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to use their years of interrogation techniques classes. Seems they think he
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showed his teacher a credit report or something...
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A few weeks go by, and MOD gets to know Seeker. He sounds cool enough,
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and he knows his electronics so he is a very valuable addition to the
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group. Seeker made his way in and so did the million-and-one MOD
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stickers and funny-colored-little-box-thingies. The stickers, of which,
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made their way to Ground Zero's big butt at a 2600 meeting.
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Anyways, the MOD Unix went down, and 3 local hackers with much potential
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caught attention to them. They were: ZOD (a Unix hacker), Outlaw (just
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a general dude), and Corrupt (Vax king). After days of getting to know
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them, they were pulled in. Countless weeks went by with what seemed like
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a dozen MOD bbs's on 800s, packet switched networks, etc...
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The group's popularity soared in such a short period of time, but many
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hackers disagreed with the MOD style much in the same way Phiber Optik
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had enjoyed humiliating those "in the know" publically.
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ZOD was the last of the group to be raided (or at least the most recent),
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but has since made much headway into the telecom world. Outlaw has also
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been somewhat adept with telco speak. Corrupt, having been very active
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before, doesn't have a working computer anymore and so..well, duh.
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Two new members were introduced around the time of the writing of this
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chapter. The first was The Plague. He had a professional attitude and
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was certainly worth trusting. Of course, with all the media attention drawn
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to him and MOD in general, he has decided to remain low and not bring
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any more to himself.
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Red Knight was originally on trash runs with Acid Phreak in '89 but was
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not brought in until July '90. It seems RK has learned a lot about
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telco ways since he first put up The Toll Center. RK also seems to
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enjoy reminiscing about the trash run days (of which there were quite
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a few).
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As of August 1, 1990, there are 14 members. These include:
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Acid Phreak (r)
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HAC
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Scorpion (r)
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The Wing (v)
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Supernigger
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Nynex Phreak (r)
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Phiber Optik (r)
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Crazy Eddie (r)
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Seeker
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ZOD (r)
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Outlaw
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Corrupt
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The Plague
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Red Knight
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(v) signifies person was visited but nothing taken
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(r) means either raided or retired, it's a pickem..
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- - -> MOD is now *CLOSED* to membership. <- - -
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This is the official (and most likely to be the final) list
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of dewds. Of course, members may use a GROUP account or
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another handle, but the fact remains that these are the ONLY
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members in the group. Unlike LOD, we know who is in and who
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isn't..
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------------------------------------------------------------------------
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We should also note Julian Dibbell (Dr. Bombay) for his work on "Rebel
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Hackers" in The Village Voice on July 24, 1990. He portrayed the
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scene the way it really is and of course gave us the amount of coverage
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we deserve. And of course, we came out the way we really are and not
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as criminals out to destroy the world. Dr. Bombay was invited to the
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MOD Unix right before the raid. 'lo and behold.. a front-page cover
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story!
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"We rule".
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MOD/Forever We Hack
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--EOF
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(end Book.Three)
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