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		bink on March 18, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The early 90s tech scene that created L0pht, the l... I generally agree, but some of those claims were true. It wasn't entirely immaturity. I was part of the group at the 2600 meeting near the Pentagon that got raided by Secret Service dressed up like mall security. They conducted some busts a few weeks later based on things illegally confiscated from that raid. https://www.2600.com/secret/pc/pc-pressrelease.html https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1992/11/12/h...

aYsY4dDQ2NrcNzA on March 19, 2023 | [–]

Strange that you should mention this of all things. I have a few questions about this particular bust at the mall.

Could you please ping me at herbivore.dragster@dfgh.net? Much obliged.

hacknewslogin on March 20, 2023 | [–]

Thanks for sharing these links! I just got to the part in "The best of 2600" that goes over this.

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