globalHell

globalHell was a group of hackers, composed of about 60 individuals. The group disbanded in 1999, when 12 members were prosecuted for computer intrusion and 30 for lesser offences.

The members of the group were responsible for over a hundred website defacements, trafficking stolen personal and financial information and illegally accessing numerous teleconferences over which they co-ordinated their efforts. A few of the systems they broke into include those of United States Army, the White House, United States Cellular, Ameritech and the US Postal Service.

Members
  • MostHateD – sentenced to 26 months' imprisonment and three years' supervised release.[1][2]
  • Mindphasr – ordered to pay restitution to the U.S. Army and serve six months in prison, followed by three years of supervised release and to gain approval from future employers to use the Internet.
  • eZo0nS – eZo0nS is a Canadian hacker, featured in Kevin Mitnick's book, "The Art of Intrusion", but eZo0nS's real identity is monsoor thamasebi.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2006-10-01. Retrieved 2006-08-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. http://www.usdoj.gov/criminal/cybercrime/gregorysen.htm
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