Mobman USES Ultima Online
Mobman played Ultima Online extensively and used it as the setting for his in-game exploits.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“I started playing a game called Ultima Online”
Person
person:mobman
The pseudonymous guest who describes creating and using Sub7 and later working in cybersecurity.
The pseudonymous guest who describes creating and using Sub7 and later working in cybersecurity.
“Everybody calls me Mobman.”
“I made a cyber-security company and then I sold that company to McAfee.”
Romanian-origin programmer presented in the episode as the original creator of Sub7.
“It comes from a rap band, a Romanian rap band, called B.U.G. Mafia.”
“I’m saying it right now. I’m coming out and saying.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | Ultima Online | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | EXPLOITS | clear-text credential storage | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | USES | Sub7 | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | USES | social engineering | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | USES | wardialing | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | COMPROMISES | PBX | Explicit | 20 |
| outgoing | USES | Delphi | Explicit | 150 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | B.U.G. Mafia | Explicit | 150 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Romania | Explicit | 150 |
| outgoing | ASSOCIATED_WITH | Canada | Explicit | 150 |
| outgoing | USES | NetBus | Explicit | 150 |
| outgoing | DISCOVERED_BY | Ill Will | Explicit | 150 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Sub7 | Uncertain | 20 |
| incoming | DEVELOPED_BY | Sub7 | Explicit | 150 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | AT&T west coast network outage | Explicit | 20 |
Mobman USES Ultima Online
Mobman played Ultima Online extensively and used it as the setting for his in-game exploits.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“I started playing a game called Ultima Online”
Mobman EXPLOITS clear-text credential storage
Mobman obtained players' uo.cfg files to log into their Ultima Online accounts.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“if we get other people’s uo.config file, ‘cause there’s some idiots at school that play it, we could log in as them”
Mobman claims he created Sub7, and Jack presents him as its maker, but the episode later reports competing claims that another person created it.
Uncertain Confidence 72% · Jack Rhysider EP 20 Details
“Mobman called his virus Sub7”
“Mobman stands firm on his claim that he wrote Sub7 but Ill Will says it wasn’t him”
Mobman used Sub7 to steal Ultima Online credentials and in-game property.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 20 Details
“Mobman only used Sub7 to steal Ultima Online logins for himself”
Mobman USES social engineering
Mobman socially engineered players into installing Sub7 by offering it as a game cheat.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 20 Details
“He was able to social engineer dozens of players to install the virus”
Mobman USES wardialing
Mobman used wardialing to identify modem-connected systems in AT&T's network.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 20 Details
“This is called wardialing”
Mobman gained access to AT&T systems and says he bricked a central switching PBX.
Explicit Confidence 93% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“I get into a couple of them”
“bricked one of these central switching PBXs”
AT&T west coast network outage ATTRIBUTED_TO Mobman
Mobman admits that his commands caused the outage, although the account is his own recollection.
Explicit Confidence 90% · Mobman EP 20 Details
“I’ll tell you why, if you fix my phone bill”
“I bragged to them; I sit there and I tell them what I did”
Jack presents the Romanian Mobman as the actual creator of Sub7, and Mobman independently claims he created all released versions.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 150 Details
“This is the real Mobman, the actual creator of Sub7”
“Only one person made all the versions, dude.”
Mobman says he learned Delphi and used it while developing Sub7.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 150 Details
“I wanted to start learning Delphi”
“I learned Delphi by working on Sub7.”
Mobman ASSOCIATED_WITH B.U.G. Mafia
Mobman says his nickname came from the Romanian rap group B.U.G. Mafia and that Sub7 releases were dedicated to the group.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 150 Details
“It comes from a rap band, a Romanian rap band, called B.U.G. Mafia.”
“every single version was dedicated to B.U.G. Mafia.”
Mobman ASSOCIATED_WITH Romania
Mobman says he lived in Romania, is Romanian, and brought B.U.G. Mafia tapes from Romania.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 150 Details
“This was back when I was still in Romania.”
“I brought tapes with me from Romania.”
Mobman says he moved to Canada and identifies himself as being in Windsor, Ontario.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Mobman EP 150 Details
“in ‘97, I moved to Canada with the whole family”
“I’m still in Windsor, still in Windsor, Ontario.”
Mobman says he played around with NetBus before creating Sub7.
Explicit Confidence 94% · Mobman EP 150 Details
“I played around with that a little bit”
Ill Will spent years searching for the real Mobman and eventually found a possible email address and contacted him.
Explicit Direction flagged Confidence 94% · Jack Rhysider EP 150 Details
“Ill Will took it upon himself to find the real Mobman”
“eventually found a clue which led him to a potential e-mail address used by the real Mobman”