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                Date: 1999-01-08
                 
                 
                Irak/Krieg: Hacker gegen Soeldner
                
                 
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      Vom Kult der toten Kühe über die 2600er, L0pht bis hin zum  
ccc sind - einmaliges Ereignis - sieben alt/eingesessene  
Hacktertruppen angetreten, um den  Kollegen von LoU sanft  
aber doch gemeinsam zu erklären, dass sie Deppen sind. 
LoU hatten dieser Tage Schlagzeilen mit der Ankündigung  
gemacht,  die elektronische Infrastruktur des Irak anzugreifen  
& zu zerstören. 
 
post/scrypt: Die Kriegserklärung der LoU selbst wurde von  
Dero q/depeschendienst aus drei Gründen nicht relayed: 
 
1. Ankündigungs/politik 
2. An/kündigung/spolitik 
3. An/kündi/gungs/politik 
 
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LoU STRIKE OUT WITH INTERNATIONAL COALITION OF  
HACKERS: A JOINT STATEMENT BY 2600, THE CHAOS  
COMPUTER CLUB, THE CULT OF THE DEAD COW,  
!HISPAHACK, L0PHT HEAVY INDUSTRIES, PHRACK AND  
PULHAS 
 
Chaos Computer Club: Frank Rieger, frank@ccc.de Cult of  
the Dead Cow: press@cultdeadcow.com !Hispahack:  
mentesinquietas@iname.com L0pht Heavy Industries:  
press@l0pht.com Phrack: route@infonexus.com Pulhas:  
monolith@p.ulh.as  
 
 
An international coalition of hackers strongly condemns the  
Legion of the Underground's (LoU) recent "declaration of war"  
against the governments of Iraq and the People's Republic of  
China. Citing human rights violations and other repressive  
measures the LoU declared their intention to disrupt and  
disable Internet infrastructures in Iraq and China. In a  
decision that was more rash than wise, the LoU will do little  
to alter existing conditions and much to endanger the rights  
of hackers around the world.  
 
We - the undersigned - strongly oppose any attempt to use  
the power of hacking to threaten or destroy the information  
infrastructure of a country, for any reason. 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. 
 
Frank Rieger of the CCC said, "Many hacker groups don't  
have a problem with Web hacks that raise public awareness  
about human rights violations. But we are very sensitive to  
people damaging networks and critical systems in repressive  
regimes or anywhere else. The police and intelligence  
communities regard hacking as seditious. It is quite possible  
now that hackers - not only in totalitarian states - could be  
jailed or executed as 'cyberterrorists' for the slightest  
infraction of the law." 
 
"It is shortsighted and potentially counterproductive," added  
Reid Fleming of the cDc. "One cannot legitimately hope to  
improve a nation's free access to information by working to  
disable its data networks." 
 
"Though we may agree with LoU that the atrocities in China  
and Iraq have got to stop, we do not agree with the methods  
they are advocating," said Space Rogue of the L0pht. 
 
Emmanuel Goldstein of 2600 said: "This kind of threat, even  
if made idly, can only serve to further alienate hackers from  
mainstream society and help to spread the misperceptions  
we're constantly battling. And what happens when someone  
in another country decides that the United States needs to  
be punished for its human rights record? This is one door that  
will be very hard to close if we allow it to be opened." 
 
Governments worldwide are seeking to establish cyberspace  
as a new battleground for their artificial conflicts. The LoU  
has inadvertently legitimized this alarmist propoganda. With  
its dramatic announcement the LoU played into the hands of  
policy makers who want complete control over the Internet  
and are looking for reasons to seize it. If hackers solicit  
recognition as paramilitary factions then hacking in general  
will be seen as an act of war. Ergo, hackers will be viewed as  
legitimate targets of warring states. 
 
Strategic combat planning in the United States and among  
other nations has reached the point where real-world cases  
are needed to justify assigned budgets. The LoU is providing  
this real-world case now. We believe that the LoU should  
carefully investigate the idea of declaring "war" against China  
and Iraq.  Was it planted with them by someone with different  
interests in mind other than advancing human rights  
considerations? 
 
The signatories to this statement are asking hackers to  
reject all actions that seek to damage the information  
infrastructure of any country. DO NOT support any acts of  
"Cyberwar." Keep the networks of communication alive. They  
are the nervous system for human progress. 
 
Signed (7.1.1999):  
 
2600 (http://www.2600.com) Chaos Computer Club  
(http://www.ccc.de) Cult of the Dead Cow  
(http://www.cultdeadcow.com) !Hispahack	 
(http://hispahack.ccc.de) L0pht (http://www.l0pht.com)  
Phrack (http://www.phrack.com) Pulhas (http://p.ulh.as/)  
several members of the Dutch Hackers Community (contact  
Rop Gonggrijp, rop@xs4all.nll) Toxyn (http://www.toxyn.org/) 
 
relayed by 
Marie-Jose Klaver <klaver@dds.nl>  
Christian Mock <mock@xsoft.co.at> 
 
 
 
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edited by Harkank 
published on: 1999-01-08 
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