Editing Karl Koch (hacker) (section)

==Biography==
Koch was born in [[Hanover]]. His mother died of cancer in 1976; his father had alcohol problems and in August 1984 also died of cancer. 

Koch was interested in astronomy as a teenager and was also involved in the state student's council. In 1979 Karl's father gave him the 1975 book, ''[[The Illuminatus! Trilogy|Illuminatus!]] – [[The Golden Apple (book)|The Golden Apple]]'' by [[Robert Anton Wilson]] and [[Robert Shea]], which had a strong influence to him. From his income as a member of the state students' council, he bought his first computer in 1982 and named it "FUCKUP" ("First Universal Cybernetic-Kinetic Ultra-Micro Programmer") after [[The Illuminatus! Trilogy]]. In 1985 Koch and some other hackers founded the ''Computer-Stammtisch'' in a pub of the ''Hanover-Oststadt'', which developed later into the [[Chaos Computer Club]] Hanover. During this time Koch began to use hard drugs. In February 1987 Koch broke off a vacation in Spain, because of this, and had himself admitted to a [[psychiatric clinic]] in [[Aachen]] for rehab treatments, where he stayed for three months.