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RE: Interview with an ex-hacker
From: InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>
Date: Wed, 6 Feb 2002 02:34:52 -0600 (CST)
Forwarded from: "Thomas (Yahoo!)" <thomasroygarner () yahoo com> Since when is web-vandalism equal to "terrorized websites" (and since when is terrorized spelled w/ an S instead of a Z?). I believe this reporter is setting an extremely dangerous tone by linking the word terrorism to vandalism. With the 100's of new anti-terrorism laws in place, we are going to see sweeping changes all in the name of "anti-terrorism", example, Super Bowl 36, did anyone catch the commercials that stated "some drug money is used to front terrorist activities" by using imagery (paying for guns, explosives, seeing a person sitting down "building" something). I believe that we need to be very careful how we report items, b/c my creating a link between web vandalism and terrorism, is going to create a new wave of anti-computer "whatever" (i.e., hacking, etc.,) raids, like back during the Cyberpunk days (remember that?) Thomas Roy Garner SETIPRIME ( http://www.setiprime.com ) -----Original Message----- From: owner-isn () attrition org [mailto:owner-isn () attrition org]On Behalf Of InfoSec News Sent: Sunday, February 03, 2002 10:32 PM To: isn () attrition org Subject: [ISN] Interview with an ex-hacker http://www.computing.vnunet.com/News/1128889 By James Middleton [01-02-2002] According to the defacement archive at Alldas.de, the hacker group known as the 'sm0ked crew' only terrorised websites throughout February of last year. [...] - ISN is currently hosted by Attrition.org To unsubscribe email majordomo () attrition org with 'unsubscribe isn' in the BODY of the mail.
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