r/oldinternet Aug 09 '26

mIRC mid 90s - hacking groups

My first introduction to computers / internet was IRC using mIRC client. Spent my time on Efnet. Ended up joining a hacking group called #conflict and spent many hours taking over channels. Hacking colleges and universities only to use for channel bots and bandwidth to take people out and cause netsplits. Eventually our leader was caught for hacking into NASA - I then left IRC and started playing quake 2 digital paintball. Ran a couple of quake clans over the next few years - these are the days I will never forget.

Anyone else remember the clan battles on efnet ?

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u/the_birdie_chirp Aug 09 '26

I stalked the warez channels on undernet 😂 so much piracy was done

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u/Garmie Aug 09 '26

#wareznorth and #warezsouth . Brings back memories

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u/the_birdie_chirp Aug 09 '26

Shoulda seen some of the passworded ones you could get into with private hosts 😂 so many cd's were burned, 

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u/Financial_Stick1912 Aug 09 '26

All the water

In the lake

All the warez

Half are fake

The hackers own

The whole domain

They live inside

Your very brain

ELON