On May 19, 1998, all seven members of L0pht (Brian Oblivion, Kingpin, Mudge, Space Rogue, Stefan Von Neumann, John Tan, Weld Pond) famously testified[13][14][15] before the Congress of the United States that they could shut down the entire Internet in 30 minutes.[16] The Washington Post referred to the response as "a tragedy of missed opportunity".[17]