Several advocates sided with Corley, including some of computer science's most renowned intellects. Marvin Minsky, an MIT professor, and Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation, are just two of the several people who have filed an amici curiae brief on behalf Corley. 2600, which began publication in 1984, was a staple of the hacker community long before the movie industry targeted it. Attrition is a nonprofit computer security site, run by a staff of seven people who collect and disseminate information about the security industry. While news reports may shy away from describing the specifics of a hack attack, attrition.org doesn't need to.
Visitors can see firsthand the evidence of a hack.
The site also includes one of the largest catalogues of security advisories on the web, a wealth of information about cryptography, and essays and editorials about a range of issues surrounding hacker culture. Instead of thinking 'criminal' or 'vandal' when hearing the word hacker, we want the public to think of 'knowledge seekers' and 'curious wanderers'. The site is a useful portal into the hacker underground for the curious layperson and wanna-be hacker. Defcon is the annual summer convention held in Las Vegas for hackers and others interested in the hacking community. Not long ago DefCon was considered the premier gathering of the hacking intelligentsia, but recently its proceedings have become more accessible to the tech proletariat.