Loyd Blankenship

Loyd Blankenship, better known by his pseudonym The Mentor, is an American computer hacker and writer. He has been active since the 1970s, when he was a member of the hacker groups Extasyy Elite and Legion of Doom.

Writings

Hacker Manifesto

He is the author of The Conscience of a Hacker (also known as The Hacker Manifesto); the essay was written after he was arrested and was published in the ezine Phrack.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>

Role-playing games

Blankenship was hired by Steve Jackson Games in 1989.<ref name="designers">Template:Cite book</ref> He authored the cyberpunk role-playing sourcebook GURPS Cyberpunk, the manuscript of which was seized in a 1990 raid of Steve Jackson Games headquarters by the U.S. Secret Service.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The raid resulted in the subsequent legal case Steve Jackson Games, Inc. v. United States Secret Service.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

External links

• ElfQrin.com Interview with The Mentor (July 31, 2000)
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• "The Conscience of a Hacker", published in Phrack Volume 1 Issue 7

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