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. These members were known to congregate on the Eris Free IRC Network, especially in the channel #eleet. One of the members was thought to be Mindphasr.
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.
It has also been said that Criminal a/k/a Crm, along with nostalg1c were a part of globalHell before its disbandment.[1]
More Members of globalHell
MostHateD aka Patrick W. Gregory
Gregory was sentenced to 26 months imprisonment, three years supervised release, and to pay $154,529.86 in restitution.
Mindphasr, aka Chad Davis
Mindphasr was ordered to pay $8,054 in restitution to the 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.
Egodeath, aka Russell Sanford
On Dec. 6, 2000, Judge Karen Greene spared Sanford, age 17, jail time, sentencing him to five years' probation on condition that he keep the peace, stay offline, submit to random polygraph tests for proof and pay US$45,000 in restitution. It was his partner, a lesser experienced 15-year-old, who was caught and was spared prosecution for turning evidence against Sanford.
In January, 2001, Sanford violated his probation by selling LSD and was sentenced to two years in Hutchins State Jail.
Zyklon, aka Eric Burns
Burns was ordered to pay $36,000 in restitution, serve 15 months in prison and not to touch a computer for three years after his release.
YTCracker, aka Bryce Case, Jr.
References
External links
- US Department of Justice press release announcing that Patrick Gregory pleads guilty.
- US Department of Justice press release on Patrick Gregory's sentence.
- Wired.com news article on globalHell.
- ZDNet news article related to the disbandment of gH.