Category Archives: L0pht Heavy Industries

Chris Wysopal (aka WeldPond), cybersecurity pioneer and one of L0pht’s founding members, talks about the group’s 1998 testimony in the Senate, how they used shaming to force corporations to secure their software, and the (not so fortunate) consequ… Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: Shutting Down the Internet in 30 Minutes→

In the early days, the L0pht crew tinkered with technology they already had laying around or could find dumpster-diving. But things change, of course. By the end of the ‘90s many of the L0pht hackers had quit their day jobs and incorporated under … Continue reading Malicious Life Podcast: The Story of LØpht Heavy Industries, Part 2→