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Mark Abene

person:mark_abene Also: Mark, Phiber Optik

New York hacker known as Phiber Optik and a central member and co-founder of Masters of Deception.

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Direction Predicate Other entity Origin EP
outgoing MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom Explicit 169
outgoing MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception Explicit 169
outgoing USES Tymnet Derived 169

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Mark Abene MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom

Mark Abene, known as Phiber Optik, was voted into the Legion of Doom, although he was later kicked out.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details

“A few weeks later, Mark was officially voted in.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 14376–14424

“That’s how Mark, AKA Phiber Optik, got kicked out of the Legion of Doom”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 15484–15555

Mark Abene MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception

Mark was one of the founders and members of the Masters of Deception.

Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details

“There was Mark, AKA Phiber Optik, Eli, which was going by Acid Freak, Paul, who was Scorpion, John Lee, who was Corrupt, and Julio, who called himself Outlaw.”

Jack Rhysider · offsets 18824–18982

Mark Abene USES Tymnet

Mark used the Tymnet access obtained through Jason's backdoor to explore and access connected computers and networks.

Derived Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details

“Mark had a whole new system to explore, a whole new network to explore, and so many computers were on this.”