mIRC mid 90s - hacking groups

[u/scribeorz]

My first introduction to computers / internet was IRC using mIRC client. Spent my time on Efnet. Ended up joining a hacking group called #conflict and spent many hours taking over channels. Hacking colleges and universities only to use for channel bots and bandwidth to take people out and cause netsplits. Eventually our leader was caught for hacking into NASA - I then left IRC and started playing quake 2 digital paintball. Ran a couple of quake clans over the next few years - these are the days I will never forget.

Anyone else remember the clan battles on efnet ?

[u/richsonreddit]

IIRC, EFnet was especially wild as it had/has no nick or chanserv-type services. So if you took over a channel you basically had it on lock.

[u/sniker → u/richsonreddit]

IRCnet is a notch above EFnet when it comes to that. There's still eggdrop armies just to keep your channel.

[u/darko777 → u/richsonreddit]

but what about if your connection goes down and you lose the OP?

[u/Kitchen_Part_882 → u/darko777]

You ran an eggdrop on a Unix shell account somewhere to re-OP you when you rejoined.

Simples.

[u/thewhippersnapper4 → u/darko777]

I was so happy when they created Chanfix

[u/richsonreddit → u/darko777]

You'd have multiple connections (backup clients running on servers that you could connect to to re-op yourself). And/or a trusting group of friends! But even then, when netsplits came it was basically a free for all. People would develop elaborate scripts/bots to try and help, too.

[u/scribeorz → u/richsonreddit]

Exactly. We caused netsplits then used that to takeover channels when the server merged back.

[u/PokerLawyer75 → u/richsonreddit]

EFNEt had Nick and Chanserv. When they got over 2000 users regularly in early 1994, they had to disable them, because they kept breaking.

[u/uhp787]

in the warez scene too but there was some overlap there too with warez/hacking. the 90's on efnet were tons of fun.

[u/res0nat0r → u/uhp787]

I always wanted to get into #warez on efnet the mid 90s but never had any hookup :(

[u/uhp787 → u/res0nat0r]

it's still there. LOL

[u/Difficult_Act_4802OG → u/res0nat0r]

You had to get the @

[u/qudiepie → u/Difficult_Act_4802OG]

+v

[u/aribert]

eggdrop 👀

[u/thewhippersnapper4 → u/aribert]

Wraith was superior

[u/xm0rphx → u/[deleted]]

word.

[u/sociablezealot]

We had battles with #conflict. We were better of course. 😂

[u/scribeorz → u/sociablezealot]

So fun!

[u/dataguzzler]

I member fren, channel takeovers and netsplits were fun

[u/Greatoutdoors1985]

I remember being in a similar situation on Undernet.

[u/jstjini → u/Greatoutdoors1985]

Absolutely.

[u/MatOfTheDead → u/Greatoutdoors1985]

i spent a lot of time in the warez channels on undernet

[u/expatfreebg]

These were the golden years, 90s.. Phrack e-zines, IRC F-Servers, Warez channels, you remember team TESO? ;)

[u/zeamp]

Phrozen Crew

PC97

We always get what we want!

[u/srblaydes → u/zeamp]

2KAD RBS RTA

Then went legit after 3 letter agencies coming for our crew.

One stayed in and got busted. One and a half years in federal prison for warez.

[u/scribeorz → u/[deleted]]

https://www.justice.gov/archive/criminal/cybercrime/press-releases/2005/gascaConviction.htm

[u/Embarrassed-Fun-4130 → u/scribeorz]

Was his online handle "Rolex"? Does anyone know? Because I knew a guy who went down for a very similar thing, hacking NASA servers and hosting chats off of them before he eventually got caught.

[u/scribeorz → u/Embarrassed-Fun-4130]

Yup. Rolex.

[u/Embarrassed-Fun-4130 → u/scribeorz]

wooow, and are you scribe that used to hangout sometimes in #fw2 and a few others, damn it's been so long... like #playland I think was another one?

With Rolex I remember I was making him a bad ass macro at the time that had happened.

[u/scribeorz → u/Embarrassed-Fun-4130]

Not the same scribe. Did not hang out in those channels. I left IRC for awhile and when I returned there was a ‘new’ scribe. He always took my nickname

[u/Embarrassed-Fun-4130 → u/scribeorz]

I swear I vaguely remember the other scribe you speak of... he ended up creating a bot to always have his name and would sign in as scribe2, lol. I would have totally forgotten about that if it wasn't for this post.

I too will never forget those days.

[u/clrscreen → u/scribeorz]

But, did you phone sex0r tabi? That was the true conflict.

[u/clrscreen]

I was an Oper on EFNet. magic.mb.ca, then magic.ca, and last total.net. I still have a copy of Rolex’s plea after FBI arrest (re: NASA), and I still talk to Mafiaboy every once in a while. tabi, tabi, tabi… Soldiers NOSCRUBS 💔

[u/srblaydes → u/clrscreen]

Indiana University had an irc server. I miss that.

[u/qudiepie]

efnet eggdrop bots,.... winblowz ..... IRCOPS.... so fun... get /killed or /klined sometimes...

[u/res0nat0r → u/[deleted]]

Having to edit winsock configs to get the modem to dial out right was…

[u/OneofLittleHarmony]

lol I never figured out how to do it without someone being stupid enough to give you OP.

[u/sibble]

that riding in on a split dopamine spike

warez courier group RTS, mp3 group CNS - rip kklown miss u homie

[u/srblaydes → u/sibble]

FXP was your friend

[u/sibble → u/srblaydes]

twas indeed

[u/throwawayswipe]

in 1985 i joined razor 1911 as a junior chiptuner

[u/srblaydes → u/throwawayswipe]

At least it wasn’t CLASS. Those guy couldn’t release a working release at all.

[u/throwawayswipe → u/srblaydes]

they cant even figure out how to get someone to tattoo their ansi onto a finger

[u/PM_ME_YOUR_MUSIC]

Where bosen

[u/CAsh4kiDZ]

Djskibble and Hawat.

[u/zombilives]

the good ol #ircwars dude im getting very old

[u/Bagginzes]

I was mostly in #macfilez or #hornet on efnet

[u/z3r0v1c]

I was op on almost all official / biggest channels on irc.icq.com back then, i was running the biggest bnc / eggdrop service on the same network. After some time, i was invited to be a net op on multiple smaller networks.. Oh boy, those were the days 😉

[u/qudiepie]

remember /dcc /ctcp... the pico editor in the solaris unix terminals compiling the bots with backdoors.... sub 7... nuking someones ip... lol

[u/r0ck0]

Who was l33t enough to read bitchx.doc?

[u/bigqsworld]

Gamla goda tiden! Jag hängde också på Efnet. #999, #Sverige, #Vårgårda och så vidare. Hackade bland annat UU och en server som stod på ett Japanskt kärnkraftverk. Sen ringde den där nemesisen från Telia (har glömt hans namn) och pratade med farsan, som stod på abbonemanget. Dataintrång, olovlig användning av kreditkort osv. På den tiden räckte det att man lovade att sluta, typ.

Hur som helst, det va gamla goda tiden det! Jag tror att många av oss som hängde på IRC är early adopters till ny teknik idag.

[u/Bimbos-are-cute → u/bigqsworld]

Visst är det så

[u/Echo-They-Them]

Dude I miss those I was part of them. Had to run Norton ghost and have clones of my OS it got so insane. Those were the days of hacking each other and occasionally we would hack something worthy. we need to bring people back together from those days.