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TexorcisT
Tex Mignog (1969-2002) is a punk musician. He became known as Texorcist, which is also the punk rock band he led. Mignog is the founder and Chief Subversion Officer of the Collusion Syndicate hacker group. As the spokesperson for the Collusion Syndicate, Mignog openly appeared at computer security events such as H.O.P.E. and DefCon and was quoted by the media on computer-related security and political/cultural issues. Examples included KVUE News, the Austin American-Statesman The ''Austin American-Statesman'' is the major daily newspaper for Austin, the capital city of Texas. It is owned by Gannett. The paper prints Associated Press, ''New York Times'', ''The Washington Post'', and ''Los Angeles Times'' internation ... and The Washington Post. Mignog was one of the most frequent contributors to the ''Collusion'' E-zine. Career Tex Mignog co-founded Collusion Syndicate and contributed to its projects, including AnonyMailer, irQconflict, Virtual sit-ins, and Electric D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Collusion Syndicate
The Collusion Syndicate, formerly the Collusion Group and sometimes spelled Collu5ion, C0llu5i0n or C011u5i0n, was a Computer Security and Internet Politics Special Interest Group (SIG) founded in 1995 and effectively disbanded around 2002. Collusion Group The Collusion Group was founded in 1995 by technologist Tex Mignog, aka the TexorcisT (sic) in Dallas, Texas before moving the headquarters to Austin, Texas in 1997. Founding members included individuals that all operated anonymously using hacker pseudonyms (called " handles" or " nyms") including the TexorcisT, Progress, Sfear (sic), Anormal, StripE (sic) and Elvirus. The membership of this organization grew to an estimated 30+ by 1999 and was not localized to its headquarters in Austin, Texas, with members in other states, countries and continents. The group made numerous open appearances at computer security events such as H.O.P.E. and DefCon and was often quoted by the media on computer related security, political ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |