Global kOS ('kos' pronounced as chaos) were a grey hat (leaning black hat) computer hacker group active from 1996 through 2000, considered a highly influential group who were involved in multiple high-profile security breaches and defacements as well as a releasing notable network security and intrusion tools.[1][2] Global kOS were involved with the media heavily and were interviewed and profiled by journalist Jon Newton in his blog titled "On The Road in Cyberspace" (OTRiCS[3][4][5][6][7]). The group were reported multiple times to the FBI by Carolyn Meinel who attempted to bring the group to justice while members of Global kOS openly mocked her.[8][9][10] The FBI had a San Antonio based informant within the group and individually raided several members after contact with the informant.[11]
Global kOS were a loose collective of members of other hacking groups active in 1996 who released network and security tools for Windows and Linux. The group did not release exploit code as other groups did, each member maintained their own webpage and often acted individually or with their original group. Global kOS continually reiterated that their goal was entirely about rampaging across the internet and creating as much chaos as they could by releasing automated denial of service tools. The group was humorous and irreverent in interviews and press releases, they and affiliates openly taunted webmasters through website defacements. The group's members hacked and defaced a large number of websites in the nightly hacking contests over IRC on EFNet.[1]
Up Yours! the flagship release for Global kOS was an early point and click denial of service tool[20] which helped to spawn the term 'script kiddie'.[1] Up Yours! first appeared in 1996[12] and updated versions were released three times.[9] Up Yours! was the denial of service tool used in the well-documented Nizkor attack.[21][22] It is believed[8] that the hacker 'johnny xchaotic' aka 'Angry Johnny'[1][23] used Up Yours! to take down the websites of 40 politicians,[24][25][26] MTV, Rush Limbaugh the Ku Klux Klan and multiple others. The author claims he came up with the name Up Yours! because he wanted to hear Dan Rather say it on national television.[27]
In print: Klevinsky, T. J.; Laliberte, Scott; Gupta, Ajay (2004). Hack I.T.: security through penetration testing. ISBN9780201719567., Stephenson, Peter; Gilbert, Keith (2000). Investigating computer-related crime. ISBN9781420048872., Wang, Wally (2003). Steal this computer book 3: what they won't tell you about the Internet. ISBN9781593270001. and Bosworth, Seymour; Kabay, M. E. (2002). Computer security handbook. ISBN9780471269755.
Members
Membership between Global kOS and other hacking groups of the time is difficult to determine as most members were involved in multiple groups, crossover appears between Global kOS, Technophoria,[28] SiN and GlobalHell[29] (gH).
AcidAngel - Author of the denial of service tools 'Up Yours!'[12][13] and 'Panther modern'.
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Global kOS kos pronounced as chaos were a grey hat leaning black hat computer hacker group active from 1996 through 2000 considered a highly influential group who were involved in multiple high profile security breaches and defacements as well as a releasing notable network security and intrusion tools 1 2 Global kOS were involved with the media heavily and were interviewed and profiled by journalist Jon Newton in his blog titled On The Road in Cyberspace OTRiCS 3 4 5 6 7 The group were reported multiple times to the FBI by Carolyn Meinel who attempted to bring the group to justice while members of Global kOS openly mocked her 8 9 10 The FBI had a San Antonio based informant within the group and individually raided several members after contact with the informant 11 Global kOSAbbreviationgKosFormation1996Dissolved2000TypeHackingRegion servedusWebsitehttp gkos org Contents 1 Overview 2 Releases 2 1 Up Yours 3 Members 3 1 Affiliated members 4 References 5 External linksOverview EditGlobal kOS were a loose collective of members of other hacking groups active in 1996 who released network and security tools for Windows and Linux The group did not release exploit code as other groups did each member maintained their own webpage and often acted individually or with their original group Global kOS continually reiterated that their goal was entirely about rampaging across the internet and creating as much chaos as they could by releasing automated denial of service tools The group was humorous and irreverent in interviews and press releases they and affiliates openly taunted webmasters through website defacements The group s members hacked and defaced a large number of websites in the nightly hacking contests over IRC on EFNet 1 Releases EditUp Yours denial of service tool 12 13 Digital destruction suite collection of hacker tools 14 15 Panther modern denial of service tool 16 17 kOS Crack password cracking utilities 18 BattlePong IRC flooding utility 19 Up Yours Edit Up Yours the flagship release for Global kOS was an early point and click denial of service tool 20 which helped to spawn the term script kiddie 1 Up Yours first appeared in 1996 12 and updated versions were released three times 9 Up Yours was the denial of service tool used in the well documented Nizkor attack 21 22 It is believed 8 that the hacker johnny xchaotic aka Angry Johnny 1 23 used Up Yours to take down the websites of 40 politicians 24 25 26 MTV Rush Limbaugh the Ku Klux Klan and multiple others The author claims he came up with the name Up Yours because he wanted to hear Dan Rather say it on national television 27 In print Klevinsky T J Laliberte Scott Gupta Ajay 2004 Hack I T security through penetration testing ISBN 9780201719567 Stephenson Peter Gilbert Keith 2000 Investigating computer related crime ISBN 9781420048872 Wang Wally 2003 Steal this computer book 3 what they won t tell you about the Internet ISBN 9781593270001 and Bosworth Seymour Kabay M E 2002 Computer security handbook ISBN 9780471269755 Members EditMembership between Global kOS and other hacking groups of the time is difficult to determine as most members were involved in multiple groups crossover appears between Global kOS Technophoria 28 SiN and GlobalHell 29 gH AcidAngel Author of the denial of service tools Up Yours 12 13 and Panther modern Materva Glitch The Assassin NaCHoMaN cracker 1 The Raven author of kOS Crack 18 Shadow Hunter Silicon Toad Spidey That Guy Zaven Digital KidAffiliated members Edit Modify 30 BroncBuster 31 Banshee author of bitchslap 32 The Messiah Deprave Cyan Ide Kiss dvdman The boss RevelationReferences Edit a b c d e vanity fair Invisible Enemies 2000 Hacker s Encyclopedia Hacker s Encyclopedia AcidAngel Interview OTRiCS gkos info John Newton bio AcidAngel gets Jon busted a b gKos interview a b more on AA Carolyn and the FBI Archived from the original on 2011 11 18 Retrieved 2011 06 24 Heavily redacted FOIA request a b c investigating computer related crime a b Up Yours faq Archived 2018 09 18 at the Wayback Machine Up yours FAQ DDS Hax0r br0s newsletter permanent dead link panther files a b kos crack Archived from the original on 2006 11 27 Retrieved 2011 06 22 battlepong Archived from the original on 2010 01 18 Retrieved 2011 06 23 earliest reference to Up Yours Archived from the original on 2012 03 25 Retrieved 2011 06 22 Automated hate Automated hate headers Unimailer explains History of hacking The nets most wanted FBI response hacked emails sent to Jon gonullyourself Archived from the original on 2012 03 26 Retrieved 2011 06 22 MostHateD to Plead Most Guilty Wired magazine 03 29 00 Tutorial by Modify Archived from the original on 2006 07 11 Retrieved 2011 06 29 Antionline bitchslapExternal links Edithttp gkos org http web textfiles com hacking globlkos nfo https web archive org web 19971015025943 http www otrics com hackr8 html Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Global kOS amp oldid 1145169816, 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