Tex Mignog

Tex Mignog (1969-2002) is a punk musician. He became known as Texorcist, which is also the punk rock band he led.[1] Migno is the founder and Chief Subversion Officer of the Collusion Syndicate hacker group.

As the spokesperson for the Collusion Syndicate, Migno openly appeared at computer security events such as H.O.P.E. and DefCon[2] and was quoted by the media on computer-related security and political/cultural issues. Examples included KVUE News,[3][4][5][6] the Austin American-Statesman and The Washington Post.[7]

Migno was one of the most frequent contributors to the Collusion E-zine.

Early life

He attended University of North Texas College of Music. He composed soundtracks for film and played in several bands.

Career

AnonyMailer

In 1995 he developed an application to point out security issues with the SMTP protocol that was later re-purposed for spammers..

irQconflict

From 1998-2001 the Collusion Syndicate, led by the Texorcist hosted the irQconflict,[8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16] the largest seasonal computer gaming tournament in the South-Central US. These events were different in that they were large by LAN party standards (100-200 gamers) and included a rave-like atmosphere with DJs, club lighting and projectors showing computer animation and machinima. They took place in various venues in Austin, Texas, utilized Port-A-LAN technology and, due to its size, required the re-engineering of the venue's electrical wiring. These events drew attendance from across Texas and surrounding states. The Collusion Group toured in 1999, taking the irQconflict to DefCon 7[17][18] and in 2000 was invited to appear in conjunction with SXSW Interactive and COnduit 2K electronic film festival[19][20] and was where some machinima films chose to debut.[21]

Virtual sit-ins

In 1999 Texorcist and the Collusion Syndicate promoted Virtual Sit-ins, manual DDoS attacks created by hundreds of protesters attempting to overload the servers of the organization they are protesting by repeatedly requesting data. SecurityTraq[22] credits this site as providing an early introduction to the concept of Hacktivism. They are referenced in "The Internet and Democracy", a paper by Roger Clarke Prepared for IPAA/NOIE and included in an NOIE publication in September 2004.[23] Their explanation of Hacktivism was published in the Hacktivist[24] and credited in the Ashville Global Report[25] as lately as 2007.

Electric Dog

In 2000 he created the Electric Dog.[26]

Band

The punk rock band Texorcist (1993-1997)[1] was led by Mignog.

References

  1. 1 2 "Texorcist.org".
  2. ↑ The New York Times: Technology: Govt Comp Sec
  3. ↑ KVUE News: Hactivism (txt)
  4. ↑ KVUE News: Hacktivism (ra)
  5. ↑ KVUE News: Info Security
  6. ↑ KVUE News: DDoS
  7. ↑ "President pledges secure but open Net".
  8. ↑ http://www.irQconflict.org Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine. appears to have been hijacked
  9. ↑ irQconflict: Results - 1998.12.12-13
  10. ↑ irQconflict: Results - 1999.03.27-28
  11. ↑ irQconflict: Results - 1999.06.26-27
  12. ↑ Collusion.org: "What the hell is irQconflict you ask?" - 1999.10.16-17
  13. ↑ irQconflict: Results - 1999.10.16-17
  14. ↑ Collusion.org: "irQconflict Rocks On!" - 1999.10.16-17
  15. ↑ Collusion.org: "irQconflict" - 2000.02.26-27
  16. ↑ Collusion.org: "irQconflict" - 2001.04.07-08
  17. ↑ Collusion.org: Collusion.org: "irQconflict Goes to DefCon" - 1999.07.09-11
  18. ↑ Tangent, The Dark. "DEF CON® Hacking Conference". www.defcon.org.
  19. ↑ "Machinima". machinima.com.
  20. ↑ Collusion.org: irQconflict - Open Invitation - 2000.03.12-13
  21. ↑ "Machinima". www.machinima.com.
  22. ↑ "SecurityNewsWire.com | Sorry... the PAGE or WEB SITE that you wish to visit has blocked you - Saturday 19 May 2018 - Page 26385". www.infosyssec.com. Retrieved 2018-05-19.
  23. ↑ "The Australian National University: Roger Clark "Internet and Democracy"". Archived from the original on 2007-11-14.
  24. ↑ "The Hacktivist: Introduction to Hacktivism".
  25. ↑ "Build Muscle, Burn Fat, Aid Recovery". www.agrnews.org.
  26. ↑ Collusion.org: Robot Dog - September 2000
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