Re: Midwest Express hackers cause a stir

[InfoSec News <isn () c4i org>]

Forwarded from: rferrell () texas net

> The hackers said they were motivated to intrude on the sites of
> Midwest Express and other corporate and military sites to
> demonstrate that the U.S. infrastructure is still vulnerable to
> terrorists even after Sept. 11. Midwest Express and other corporate
> targets were apparently chosen at random.

OK folks, it's time to give up this pointless charade.  These Web page
defacers don't give two hairs off a rodent's backside about the
"security of the U.S. infrastructure."  What they care about is
publicity:  the glory of seeing themselves in countless news stories.  
Their message, if it means anything to them at all, is a
rationalization designed to ease their own consciences and perhaps to
generate public sympathy for their blatantly criminal actions.

If I rob someone at gunpoint, does explaining that I'm doing it to
protest against people who commit robberies make it more acceptable?

These puerile escapades are hardly a novel approach, and quite
frankly, they just aren't news. If the press will ignore these little
twerps, they'll probably go away.

RGF

Robert G. Ferrell
rferrell () texas net



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