'Psychedelic Warlord' Beto O'Rourke belonged to a legendary hacking crew

Get the Full StoryI guess he wouldn't have to ask the Russians to do it for him.

Beto O Rourke yes, the same skateboard-riding, baby faced, recently declared presidential candidate who narrowly lost a senate campaign to Ted Cruz just added another cool notch to his Gen X-cred belt. According to a forthcoming book by Joseph Menn, and as he reported in Reuters, the three-term congressman once belonged to the legendary hacking crew known as the Cult of the Dead Cow.

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That's right, Beto was in a hacker group. In the 1980s. But before you accuse the periodontal exhibitionist of some nefarious plot to infect Grandma's machine with adware or hack an election, it's worth reading Menn's fine print. Basically, O Rourke was a teenager, and his relationship to the group mostly involved pirated games and conversations on message boards. Read more...More about Hacking, Hacktivism, Beto O Rourke, Tech, and Cybersecurity

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