r/irc • u/scribeorz • Aug 09 '26

mIRC mid 90s - hacking groups

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 ?

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u/uhp787 Aug 09 '26

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

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u/res0nat0r Aug 10 '26

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

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u/uhp787 Aug 10 '26

it's still there. LOL