Razor 1911

Razor 1911 is a group of Warez and demonstration. According to the division of the data-processing crimes of the United States Department off Justice , Razor 1911 is the " older network of hacking of plays on Internet".

History

The original name of the group was Razor 2992 . It was founded by Doctor No, Insane TTM and Sector9 in Norway in October 1985. At the time, the main activity of the group was the cracking of plays and software for Commodore 64. A little later they changed the 2992 of Razor 2992 in 1911, because of a joke on certain groups of the Demoscene which used with excess number 666 (in reference to the Nombre of the animal) in their demonstrations - the suffix " 1911" being translated into 777 into hexadecimal.

About the years 1987/1988, the group started to leave the Commodore 64 and migrated little by little towards a new platform, the Amiga. To the beginning of the year 1990, Razor 1911 migrated again for a new platform: PC, mainly like groups cracking, but, continuing to diffuse Crack intro, Musiques and highly respected demonstrations.

In 1992, Razor 1911 was one of the suppliers the main thing of Disquette S until the Diskettes are abandoned with the profit of CD-ROM S. Lasting of the years 1990, Razor 1911 faced the competition of many other groups and some of the members left Razor for other groups such as TRSi , The Dream TEAM (TDT) and Fairlight (FLT) in 1994 then Prestige , Hybrid (HBD), and others in 1995. Largely weakened by this period, Razor received the assistance of novel members come from another group, Nexus, like their leaders: The Speed Racer (TSR), Fatal Error , and The Gecko . Razor have many different leaders throughout the years 1990 like The Renegade Chemist (TRC), The WiTcH KiNG , Butcher , Marauder , and Randall Flagg .

In 1995, the diffusion of copies by Disquette started to decline, then, Razor 1911 launched out in the CD RIP. Although not being the first group to be launched out in the shifting CD, Razor 1911 have much success and becomes one of the groups the most important groups in 1996. The team which led Razor 1991 to this new chapter: TSR , Pharaoh , Fatal Error , Third Its , Hot Tuna , Beowulf, Wolverine , Pest , Bunter , Manhunter , Cypher and The Punisher . Razor 1911 dominated the " Cd-Ripping scène" until the group Prestige was formed. Prestige separated then and certain members founded CLASS (CLS) which was one of the large competitors of Razor 1911 .

Razor raised the challenge again when the scene ISO was formed. The group started to diffuse of ISOs carried out by The Punisher . It was necessary to the return of the group while ensuring Razor of good performances on the ISO scene. When The Punisher left the group, Razor was directed by several people and was known several problems because of the power struggle intern. The arrival of Pitbull , a former member of Razor of the Nineties ', put a term has these problems. He was the leader until the Opération Buccaneer, an operation of great scale orchestrated by the authorities of various countries in order to dismantle networks of hackings responsible for the illicit diffusion of video games, musics, films and software.

See too

Ace
Cracker

External bonds

Shane E. Pitman leader of Razor 1911 decree, Internet site of Federal Department off Justice Cybercrime
European Internet site of Razor 1911
international Internet site of Razor 1911
Releases de Razor 1911 on Pouet. (Cracktros, music disks, and demonstrations)
Repertory of Razor 1911 on Defacto2
List of plays crackés by Razor 1911 like their NFO on the NFOrce site.

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