Hackers Urge Y2K Break

[mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>]

Forwarded From: "James J. Capone" <james () ptm com>

http://www.zdnet.com/zdtv/cybercrime/news/story/0,3700,2413687,00.html

Groups ask others to take hiatus in response to government plea.
December 23, 1999

In a seemingly contradictory move, two hacking groups have defaced
websites to urge others to refrain from hacking over the New Year's
weekend.  "... it is our hope that others will also abstain from defacing,
until the Y2K hysteria has settled down."  -- message posted on defaced
website On Tuesday, a group using the handle Verb0 inserted this message
into several sites: "Stop hacking for one day, from 31th December 1999 to
1st January 2000." Online games site Echelon Entertainment was among those
hit, ZDNN reports

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