Challenge Of Reverse Engineering, better known
as
CORE, is one of the most well-known
software
cracking groups for the
IBM PC. It was founded in June of
1997 by a group of people from
Ontario,
Canada and within four years the group had released
more than 10,000 cracks,
key
generator and the like . In recent years the group has grown
larger and encompasses some sub-groups, including COREPDA, which is
involved in cracking
software for
PocketPC,
PDA and other handheld devices.
References
Mendham, Scott. "Cracking Up", PC World
Magazine (alt.net column), December 1999, CORE10k.exe from
one of 'releases' of CORE Team, January 2006
External
links
CORE
file and information repository on Defacto2