War declared on China and Iraq

contributed by Legion of the Underground
In a very heated and emotional discussion Legion of the Underground declared cyber-war on the information infrastructure of China and Iraq last night. They cited severe civil rights abuses by the governments of both countries as well as the recent sentencing to death of two bank robbers in China and the production of weapons of mass destruction by Iraq as the reasons for their outrage.

Quoting from the Declaration of Independence about the right of the people to govern themselves and stating that the US government will probably stand idly by while these atrocities happen in other countries the Legion of the Underground called for the complete destruction of all computer systems in China and Iraq.

"The Government controls what goes into our mouths lets not let them do the same with what comes out!" said one LoU member during a press conference held on IRC Monday night.

LoU mentioned that they may seek out assistance in their war from the Hong Kong Blondes. The HKBs are a well known group attempting to cause mayhem on China's internetworks from within the Iron Curtain. The HKBs where trained and assisted, until recently, by the infamous Cult of the Dead Cow hacking group.

Legion of Underground gained previous notoriety back in October for defacing the Chinese Human Rights web site a day after it went online.

Legions of the Underground
CNN - article on bank robbers sentenced to death


  Tron is dead

contributed by Space Rogue
A heated debate Sunday at the 15th annual Chaos Communication Congress about the death of Tron (Boris Floricic) did not resolve many of the questions surrounding his death. After he was found hanging from a tree in a park in a Berlin the police stated it was "apparent suicide" and have not officially ruled out the possibility of homicide. About the only conclusion that was reached was that valuable information should be spread as far as possible and as quickly as possible.

Wired
Chaos Communication Congress


  Cybercafes must register users

contributed by Space Rogue
The Housing and Local Government Ministry of Malaysia is forcing all Cyber Cafes to register their customers prior to allowing them to go online. Customers must provide their name, ID card number and home address before being allowed online. This is to help prevent people from spreading "malicious lies about the country via the internet".

AsiaBizTech


  Online Free Speech wins

contributed by Weld Pond
A seventeen year old high school student in Missouri will be allowed to post critical statements about his school on the world wide web a US District Court Judge ruled on Monday. The American Civil Liberties Union which filed the lawsuit on behalf of the student, said that this case was one of the first to reach the courts regarding a students right to free speech on the internet.

Nando Times


  Russian Pirates

contributed by Space Rogue
The economic crisis in Russia is forcing many talented hackers to become crackers in order to make a living. Work is scarce for computer experts and many are turning to piracy and cracking for hire.

Russia Today


  AntiOnline Cracked?


AntiOnline has been down for 6 days.
Six days after AntiOnline went down due to a hard drive crash, and three days after they claimed they would be back up, AntiOnline is still off line. One can only wonder why it is taking so long to install a new hard drive. It would be very easy to make assumptions and jump to conclusions in this case. We anxiously await any word at all from AntiOnline.

HNN Archive for December 28, 1998 - HNN response to AntiOnlines comments.


contributed by Anonymous
Sixflags Theme park Cracked!!
www.sixflags.com web site was recently cracked by a group calling themselves the "CHRIZ0ME HACKUHZ", and replaced the normal sixflags web page with several obscene pictures. When we last checked the site was unreachable.
www.sixflags.com
NewsBytes

Russian Crackers on the Move
KpZ, a new cracking group from Russia, has been quite busy recently. They have supposedly cracked the following sites:
FinanceNet (http://www.financenet.gov/gao/)
Pics.nos.noaa.gov (http://140.90.155.17)
Silicon Graphics Hungary (http://www.sgi.hu)
http://www.sfmx.org/
Archives of these pages are available at 100% Pure Bikkel a HNN Affiliate.