Threat actor
threat_actor:masters_of_deception
Also: Masters of Disaster, MoD
Second hacker group introduced at the end of the episode as the subject of the forthcoming second part.
Second hacker group introduced at the end of the episode as the subject of the forthcoming second part.
“There was a second hacker group called the Masters of Deception”
New York hacker collective formed by Phiber Optik, Acid Freak, Scorpion, Corrupt, and Outlaw.
“a new hacker group was born, Masters of Deception”
“The Masters of Deception were the most powerful people in cyberspace.”
| Direction | Predicate | Other entity | Origin | EP |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| outgoing | USES | denial-of-service attack | Explicit | 169 |
| outgoing | USES | Tymnet | Derived | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Mark Abene | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Eli | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Paul | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | John Lee | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | MEMBER_OF | Julio | Explicit | 169 |
| incoming | ATTRIBUTED_TO | AT&T outage of 1990 | Uncertain | 169 |
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.”
Eli MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception
Eli, known as Acid Freak, was a member and co-founder 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”
Paul MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception
Paul, known as Scorpion, was a member and co-founder of the Masters of Deception.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“Paul, who was Scorpion, John Lee, who was Corrupt, and Julio, who called himself Outlaw.”
John Lee MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception
John Lee, known as Corrupt, was a member of the Masters of Deception.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“John Lee, who was Corrupt, and Julio, who called himself Outlaw.”
Julio MEMBER_OF Masters of Deception
Julio, known as Outlaw, was a member of the Masters of Deception.
Explicit Confidence 99% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“John Lee, who was Corrupt, and Julio, who called himself Outlaw.”
Masters of Deception USES denial-of-service attack
The Masters of Deception-associated hackers used a denial-of-service attack by flooding Comsec's phone lines with calls.
Explicit Confidence 96% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“It was a denial-of-service attack, if you will, which tied up the phone lines and made it so nobody could ever get through to Comsec.”
Masters of Deception USES Tymnet
The Masters of Deception used Jason's backdoor access to reach the core of Tymnet and access connected networks.
Derived Confidence 95% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“Where Tymnet’s staff might only be able to see what’s relevant to their jobs and Tymnet users could only see what’s on their own networks, the Masters of Deception could see it all and access it all, too.”
AT&T outage of 1990 ATTRIBUTED_TO Masters of Deception
The episode raises, but does not establish, the possibility that the Masters of Deception were involved in the AT&T outage; the later account attributes it to AT&T's software bug.
Uncertain Confidence 93% · Jack Rhysider EP 169 Details
“but maybe this new group MoD had something to do with it too, right?”