would freeze in the glare of the homeowner's flashlight,
then frantically grab his pants and leap over the fence,
leaving behind a half-empty bottle of tequila, a Metallica
T-shirt, and, probably, his wallet.
One might wonder why, in the second decade of the
personal-computer revolution, most computer intruders are
still suburban teenage white whiz-kids. Hacking-as-
computer-intrusion has been around long enough to have
bred an entire generation of serious, heavy-duty adult
computer-criminals. Basically, this simply hasn't
occurred. Almost all computer intruders simply quit after
age 22. They get bored with it, frankly. Sneaking around
in other people's swimming pools simply loses its appeal.
They get out of school. They get married. They buy their
own swimming pools. They have to find some replica of a
real life.
The Legion of Doom -- or rather, the Texas wing of
LoD -- had hit Saint Louis in high style, this weekend of
June 22. The Legion of Doom has been characterized as "a
high-tech street gang" by the Secret Service, but this is
surely one of the leakiest, goofiest and best-publicized
criminal conspiracies in American history.
Not much has been heard from Legion founder "Lex
Luthor" in recent years. The Legion's Atlanta wing,
"Prophet," "Leftist," and "Urvile," are just now getting
out of various prisons and into Georgia halfway-houses.
"Mentor" got married and writes science fiction games for
a living.
But "Erik Bloodaxe," "Doc Holiday," and "Malefactor"
were here -- in person, and in the current issues of TIME
and NEWSWEEK. CyberView offered a swell opportunity for
the Texan Doomsters to announce the formation of their
latest high-tech, uhm, organization, "Comsec Data Security
Corporation."
Comsec boasts a corporate office in Houston, and a
marketing analyst, and a full-scale corporate computer-
auditing program. The Legion boys are now digital guns
for hire. If you're a well-heeled company, and you can
cough up per diem and air-fare, the most notorious
computer-hackers in America will show right up on your
doorstep and put your digital house in order --
guaranteed.
Bloodaxe, a limber, strikingly handsome young Texan
with shoulder-length blond hair, mirrored sunglasses, a
