Are there any famous UK Hackers/phreaks?
Steve Gold and Robert Schifreen were the first hacker/phreaks to become well known in the UK (other than those in the old Bailey trail but that was long before). They were responsible for hacking prestel in 1984 and gained notoriety for hacking the Prince Phillips mailbox through gaining system manager status on the prestel system. They were raided on 10th April 1985 and were charged with forgery, there being no anti-hacking laws in the UK at that time. Found guilty Schifreen was fined £750 and Gold £650, with £1,000 costs each. On appeal they were acquitted of all charges 🙂 Neither continue to hack and are now freelance journalists. Robert Schifreen was also known as Hex and Triludan the Warrior Nick Whitely specialized in ICL mainframes, he committed his first hack around January 1988 breaking into an ICL at Queen Mary College, going on to take Hull, Nottingham, Bath and Belfast Universities, always ICL’s. He was raided on 6th July 1988, charged with Criminal Damage and released on
