Koldmass

Koldmass was an infamous hacker group formed in a small village in La Paz, Bolivia.

History
Koldmass was formed in 1979 and its first crime was hijacking KNTV and some other California TV stations, showing their phone number. Some people have dared to call it, gave out their personal information, and were taken. Some officials have came up with the theory that the hackers were actually poor, and that they stole homes from innocent people to get better places to live. This has yet to be proven.

In 1981, they opened up a small store in New York City selling bootleg Atari 2600 cartridges. The most popular of all of these was "Run," where the player goes through a scrolling map and cannot jump, but shoot at enemies. Whenever the player died, however, an image flashes on screen. The player has to reset the console to start over.

A woman reported her son playing "Run," and seeing a scary face as he progresses and resets the console over and over. Flashing backgrounds and sprites have given him his first ever seizure. Some reported the cartridge being stuck like superglue into their Atari, forcing them to play the game forever until there was a way to pull it out.

In 1996, they hacked and hijacked ABS-CBN and Studio 23 in Philippines, showing ABS-CBN 2014 logo instead of 1986 logo (in Studio 23, they showing ABS-CBN Sports and Action logo instead of Studio 23). in 1997, they are detected as hijacker of ABS-CBN and all workers of Koldmass (except 1) escaped from Philippines and 1 arrested for hijacked ABS-CBN and Studio 23.

In 1998, they returned to the crime industry and made fictional companies such as "Livin Home and Life" (disguising as house support) and "Upsidedown Center" (disgusing as a fun-and-games center in New Mexico). They had different phone numbers but all of them were Koldmass.

Upsidedown Center was based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in a large building with the big 3D-printed logo on front. It used single doors, however. When a person entered, they were greeted with spies in black masks that attempt kidnapping the unsuspecting customer. Sadly, only about 5 of their crimes have been reported on news.

In late 2003, Koldmass executives raided Universal Studios Hollywood, and it was the last straw. In mid-2004, they caused a fire and explosion in a Hilton hotel, and this crime was officially noticed by everyone. They were arrested and their weapons were confiscated, marking the end of the infamous Koldmass.

Phone Message
Some people remember an automated message as they called Koldmass back in 1979 during the hijacking incident.

''Thank you for calling Koldmass. We are highly amused to get your call today. Please give out your name and location and I swear we will keep safe.''

The caller foolishly gave out their personal information, and few of them were seen again.

Felipe Bolaño
One of Koldmass' founders, born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia in 1946 to a Mexican father and a Croatian mother. Following the arrest of the Koldmass members, he was granted asylum in Brazil. He died in 2013 in Rio de Janeiro from lung cancer.

Charles O'Sheehan
The leader of Koldmass' operations in English-speaking countries, he was born in Scotland and lived in Bolivia since he was a teen. After Koldmass ended, he was deported to Scotland by Bolivian authorities. O'Sheehan currently is serving time at HM Prison Castle Huntly in Longforgan, Perth and Kinross both for his time in Koldmass and for an unrelatee crime.

Leo Pinochet
Another one of Koldmass' founders, born in 1948 in Bucharest, Romania to Bolivian parents. After Koldmass ended, he was imprisoned in San Pedro Prison in La Paz, where he is currently held. He runs a pizza parlor inside the prison, known for being a society within itself.

Víctor de Miñaur
Another founder of Koldmass, born in 1947 in Sucre. He was arrested by Bolivian police following Koldmass' end, and died in Palmasola prison in Santa Cruz in 2009 from a heart attack.

Fernando Domínguez
One of Koldmass' most feared hackers, he was born in 1957 in Sucre. He is credited with the California TV station hijackings and programmed the video games sold at Koldmass' NYC video game shop. Following the group's end, he was granted asylum in Laos. He currently lives in Vientiane, where he runs a computing business.

Alex Dizon
The strongest Koldmass member, born in 1961 in Sucre. He hijacked ABS-CBN and Studio 23 with its currect logos instead of 1986/1996 logos. when he caughed hijacking GMA in 1997, He was arrested by Metro Manila Police and freed in 2017. currectly a worker of SkyCable.