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The Crackers Declare Cyberwar on the USA
Its name is Hackers Against America (HAA) and their web site is hosted on a Russian server. According to what is written on the main page, they plan to integrate new members and launch attacks against computers based in the US (cracking some of them but also use worms, viruses) in order to steal private documents. Some samples of documents and codes are available on the web site, although they don't seem to be secret at all and possible to find by using search engines.
This attack brought to you via the Internet - developed and given to the world by the USA...
I'm just wondering how many stolen documents constitutes a battle? And if you mine the documents with secret virii to explode on the hacker's system, is that considered killing your opponent? Will groups of home users banding together for protection be considered an online hometown militia - and more importantly will they be trusted with weapons that can fend off the aggressors? If we reciprocate the attack and they want to give up, do they wave a posting at us on Slashdot? Will there be names ringing across the internet like Battle of the Cisco Routers or Battle of the Domain Name Server?
Hat Tip Rob Rosenberger at Vmyths
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