Whether or not anyone at @Stake / L0pht has a criminal record or not, it is interesting to consider who has been responsible for more damage to computer systems L0pht or Mark Abene? Then answer is probably L0pht due to the effects of the products and vulnerabilities they have released. In fact L0pht's site has the following text: "The Black Crawling Systems Archives CD will be especially useful to all Network Administrators, Hackers, Computer Security Professionals, Phreakers, Computer Teachers, Crackers, Lab Monitors, Virus Writers, Communication Specialists, and anyone else that wishes to have a copy of this unique archive collection for their personal use."

So, while L0pht may not perpetrate crimes, they arm the cracker community so that they may cause damage. Companies have more to fear from L0pht than they do from Phiber Optik.

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