Legion of Doom Hacking

1. What was the case about?

          Was a New York-based hacker group. MOD reportedly controlled all the major telephone

RBOC's and X.25 networks as well as controlling large parts of the backbone of the rapidly

emerging Internet.

2. Who were the protagonists & parties involved?

          MOD's initial membership grew from meetings on Loop-Around Test Lines that led to

legendary collaborations to hack RBOC phone switches and the various minicomputers and

mainframes used to administer the telephone network. They successfully remained underground

using alternative handles to hide even their true hacker identities.

3. Did any prosecutions result?

          According to Lex Luthor, "I realized early on that only certain people can be trusted with certain

information, and certain types of information can be trusted to no one. Giving out useful things

to irresponsible people would inevitably lead to whatever thing it was being abused and no

longer useful.

4. If so, what were their outcomes?

          As a result of a major nationwide investigation by a joint FBI/Secret Service task force

called Operation Sundevil[1], five of MOD's members were indicted in 1992 in federal court.

Within the next six months (in 1993), all five pleaded guilty and were sentenced to either

probation or prison.

5. What ethical issues are raised by this case?

          The ethical issues in this case is if you an hacker or member of some kind of hacker group. Youcannot deny that you are the hacker. And you cannot avoid the war between the two groups ofhacker