L0pht
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L0pht Heavy Industries (pronounced "loft") was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The L0pht was one of the first viable hackerspaces in the US, and a pioneer of responsible disclosure. The group famously testified in front of Congress in 1998 on the topic of ‘Weak Computer Security in Government’.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- hacker group
- Named after
- loft
- Country
- United States
- Headquarters
- Boston
- Official website
- www.l0pht.com
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- inception
- 1992-00-00
- dissolved, abolished or demolished date
- 2000-00-00
- interested in
- hacking
- product or material produced
- L0phtCrack
- Commons category
- L0pht
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L0pht Heavy Industries (pronounced "loft") was a hacker collective active between 1992 and 2000 and located in the Boston, Massachusetts area. The L0pht was one of the first viable hackerspaces in the US, and a pioneer of responsible disclosure. The group famously testified in front of Congress in 1998 on the topic of ‘Weak Computer Security in Government’.
==Name==
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