Pirates With Attitude
logo by R.Noble of MiRAGE. Pirates With Attitude (PWA) was a major international warez release group between 1992 and 2000. The group was formed by two former International Network of Crackers members known by the pseudonyms Orion and BarManager. PWA was also very well known during the tail end of the BBS-era for their development of modifications and enhancements ("mods") for the PCBoard BBS software.
Members
Alleged members of Pirates with Attitudes according to U.S. Department of Justice: - Robin Rothberg, aka "Marlenus," (9/11/67) 32, of Newburyport, Massachusetts (plead guilty)
- Mark Veerboken, aka "Shiffie," of Belgium
- Diane Dionne, aka "Akasha," (4/11/61) 39, of West Palm Beach, Florida (plead guilty)
- Steven Ahnen, aka "Code3," (4/13/58) 42, of Sarasota, Florida (plead guilty)
- Christian Morley, aka "Mercy" (4/13/73) 27, of Salem, Massachusetts (convicted)
- Justin Robbins, aka "Warlock," (2/10/76), 24, of Lake Station, Indiana (convicted)
- Jason Slater, aka "Technic," (4/28/70) 30, of Sunnyvale, California (plead guilty)
- Todd Veillette, aka "Gizmo," (11/21/59) 40, of Oakdale, Connecticut (plead guilty)
- Thomas Oliver, aka "Rambone," (7/14/65) 34, of Aurora, Illinois (plead guilty)
- Mark Stone, aka "Stoned," (3/24/66) 34, of Fountain Valley, California (plead guilty)
- Jason Phillips, aka "Crov8," (11/9/70) 29, of Plano, Texas (plead guilty)
- Kaj Bjorlin, aka "Darklord," of Sweden
- Brian Riley, (1/31/70) 30, of Portland, Oregon (plead guilty)
- Tyrone Augustine, (5/13/71) 28, of New Rochelle, New York (plead guilty)
- Brian Boyanovsky, aka "Boynger," (6/26/75) 24, of Aloha, Oregon (plead guilty)
- John Geissberger, (5/15/62) 37, of Knoxville, Tennessee (plead guilty)
- Gene Tacy, (11/13/74), 25, of Hampstead, New Hampshire (plead guilty)
External links - U.S. INDICTS 17 IN ALLEGED INTERNATIONAL SOFTWARE PIRACY CONSPIRACY - Mirror of US DoJ website posting
- PWA'S FINAL RELEASE - RIP 1992 - 2000 – PWA NFO file declaring the group disbanded
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