The L0pht hackers testify before the US Senate, 1998

1998

Full footage of the 19 May 1998 hearing before the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, at which seven members of the Boston hacker collective L0pht testified under their handles - Mudge, Brian Oblivion, Kingpin, Tan, Space Rogue, Weld Pond and Stefan von Neumann. It is the moment the underground and US legislators spoke to each other on the record.