1999: Hacking into the millennium
A few examples of political hacks. On the site of the Russian press desk Bags appeared anti-Russian errands and the demand that military intervention in Tsjetjeni onmidellijk must stop.
Nobel prize winner Jose Ramos Horta do not declares will fall declares that hackers computer networks of the Indonesian government at as that Easterly-Timor independently. In America, Hillary Clinton fights with Rudolph Giuliani a senates seat. He who however the site of Hillary visits, becomes doorgelinkt to an anti-Hillary-site.
Presidents candidate George W. Bush opens also an own site. But its Republican promotion talk become replace through hackers through a large hammer with a sickle, plus single communist slogans.
'Political hacken' appears to become always more popularly. Hackers have to bring through their knowledge the power clear political statements to in front.
Authorities versus hackers
Nevertheless national authorities try to go on their own manner with hackers. China tries to build a virtual Chinese Wall. That sites must shut out, that the Chinese governments have not been meditated good. Otherwise the Chinese authorities is accused self also by cyberterrorisme. She will to harass particular sites platleggen through they with large quantities data: Denial Or Service-attacks.
In America falls it the government on that the number hackpogingen on officile aboutheidssites tremendously increases.,. President Clinton comes with a plan for Fidnet: Federal Intrusion Detection Network. With that must be held all American computer networks in the holes. Privacy champions crack the plan.
The American Ministry of Justice comes with the campaign 'Cybercitizen Partnership'. With that become children until 12 year taught in decent internets. “Hacken is not is the errand sweet, clever or funny,”.
At the end of the year, the American authorities goes on the knees for the hackcommunity. The government implores alleviate round the notion of hackers round during the new years weekend their activities just to lay. The U.S. expect attack to have all their attention necessarily furrow from outside.
Noble motives
Still men think kicks by the word 'hacker' of a criminal that for its plezier computer systems in disarray. But the hackers self crawl always more out their schulp and lay out about which they particular things do.
The Belgian hacker ReDaTtAcK is of that a talking example. He breaks in by provider Skynet and the General Bank. In the media, he makes shut down frequent use of the possibility its motives from the to do.
“Personal data stand on talloze computers that totally not good protected are. Men must become self of that conscious,” according to French Devaere, its real name. “Moreover stands there on internet appalling many filth as childerporn.”
The free e-mailservice Hotmail, of Microsoft, was cracked. Via a code, one was only necessary filled in become users name, after which the e-mail of the one came forth. A group hackers declared later, “We have not gehackt to destroy. We wanted the world let see how badly the protection of Microsoft am.”
Relevant links:
HillaryNo. com
HIT2000
Federal Desk or Investigation (FBI)
National Security Agency (NSA)
China