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Date: Tue, 15 Sep 1998 20:53:28 +1000
From: Elizabeth Van Dort <evolving-AT-csi.com>
Subject: Anti-Nuclear Hackers voice protest at Indian research site


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Anti-Nuclear Hackers voice protest at Indian research site

A group of teenage computer hackers who broke into computers at India's
Nuclear Research Facility have also manged to break into Turkey's
facility, and a spokesman says that others are currently targeting
Pakistan.

The 18 year old spokesman, known only by the name 'Venomous', is part of
a small group of hackers calling themselves 'milw0rm'. Two other key
players are 'JF' and 'savec0re'. The group broke into India's Bhabha
Atomic Research Centre and changed its web page to produce an
anti-nuclear message. The page has now been changed back, but the hacked
version can still be seen at
http://www.hektik.com/hacked/milw0rm12.html

Venomous said he, and others like him, had strong views about the
proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons. He said that protesting
against nuclear testing was one thing, but changing the home page was
far more effective, and that hacking was the protest tool of the future.

He said they had also broken into the Cekmece Nuclear Research &
Training Centre but had not changed anything. Yet.

AFP

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