Loyd Blankenship MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Loyd Blankenship was a member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“Loyd was a member of one of the most infamous hacker groups of all time, the Legion of Doom”
Threat actor
threat_actor:legion_of_doom
Also: LoD
Organized hacker group formed in the 1980s and known for sharing technical documentation through its BBS and journals.
Organized hacker group formed in the 1980s and known for sharing technical documentation through its BBS and journals.
“nine hackers who formed a group called the Legion of Doom”
“Legion of Doom quickly became the most respected, most desirable BBS in the entire hacking scene”
Hacker group active in the 1980s and early 1990s, associated with phone phreaking and computer intrusion.
“Maybe members of the notorious Legion of Doom?”
“The Legion of Doom, from 1984 to 1990.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | trashing | Explicit | 168 |
| outgoing | USES | bulletin board system | Explicit | 168 |
| outgoing | USES | honey pot | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Loyd Blankenship | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | MENTIONS | Phrack | Attributed | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Lex Luthor | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Phiber Optik | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Ctrl C | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | The Prophet | Explicit | 168 |
| incoming | ASSOCIATED_WITH | AT&T network outage of January 15, 1990 | Uncertain | 168 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Mark Abene | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Erik Bloodaxe | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | AT&T outage of 1990 | Uncertain | 169 |
Loyd Blankenship MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Loyd Blankenship was a member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“Loyd was a member of one of the most infamous hacker groups of all time, the Legion of Doom”
Phrack MENTIONS Legion of Doom
Phrack described the formation of the Legion of Doom by nine hackers during the summer of 1984.
Attributed Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“From out of this chaos came a need for learned instructors to help pass on their store of information to new throngs. The need was met by nine hackers who formed a group called the Legion of Doom”
Lex Luthor MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Lex Luthor is described as one of the people who started the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“one of the guys who started the LoD hacking group went by the name Lex Luthor”
Phiber Optik MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Phiber Optik was a member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“Phiber Optik was one of the members of Legion of Doom”
Legion of Doom USES trashing
Legion of Doom members used trashing to obtain phone-company manuals, phone numbers, and other technical information.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Phiber Optik EP 168 Details
“information primarily that was found trashing at Telco’s central offices”
Legion of Doom USES bulletin board system
Legion of Doom shared its technical journals through bulletin board systems and operated an LoD BBS.
Explicit Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“they would type it up and share it on their LoD BBS for others to see”
Legion of Doom USES honey pot
Legion of Doom members helped Bellcore lure Wasp into a honey pot to log his activity.
Explicit Confidence 97% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“the LoD members helped Bellcore’s security team lure Wasp into a honey pot”
Ctrl C MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Ctrl C is described as a long-time member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“Long-time Legion of Doom member named Ctrl C saw this”
The Prophet MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
The Prophet is described as a member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“Adam’s friend, another member of the LoD called The Prophet”
AT&T network outage of January 15, 1990 ASSOCIATED_WITH Legion of Doom
Police suspected the AT&T outage might have been caused by the Legion of Doom, but the episode says there was no evidence and the cause was uncertain.
Uncertain Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 168 Details
“The police thought this must be the work of Legion of Doom”
“But was there any evidence? Some initial reports suggested that there might have been a bug in the system.”
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.”
“That’s how Mark, AKA Phiber Optik, got kicked out of the Legion of Doom”
Erik Bloodaxe MEMBER_OF Legion of Doom
Erik Bloodaxe was a member of the Legion of Doom.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“Bloodaxe was a member of the LoD”
AT&T outage of 1990 ATTRIBUTED_TO Legion of Doom
The Legion of Doom was an initial suspect in the AT&T outage, but the episode later says the outage was caused by AT&T's own software bug.
Uncertain Confidence 98% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“LoD was their initial suspect”