IP: Crackers Call Off 'War'

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1999 14:26:31 -0800
To: farber () central cis upenn edu
From: James Glave <james () wired com>

Dave, here's the postscript to my story of last week about the crackers
decaring cyberwar on Iraq. - James.


http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17231.html

Crackers Call Off 'War'
by James Glave, Wired News

2:10 p.m.  8.Jan.99.PST

Bowing to protests from an international coalition of computer security
groups, a cracking group called off its information warfare campaign
against China and Iraq.

Citing its opposition to human rights violations, the 24-member Legions of
the Underground called for a sustained attack against the computer networks
of both countries on 29 December.

On Thursday, hackers worldwide lashed out against the campaign, calling it
"more rash than wise." 

"[Legions of the Underground] will do little to alter existing conditions
and much to endanger the rights of hackers around the world," said a joint
statement issued Thursday by nine computer security groups. "Declaring
'war' against a country is the most irresponsible thing a hacker group
could do. This has nothing to do with hacktivism or hacker ethics and is
nothing a hacker could be proud of."

....more 


James Glave, News Editor, Wired News

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