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Jetzt fangen auch die kritischen InformatikerInnen in den USA an,
DoS-Attacken und das Hacken von Webseiten mit "Cyberterrorismus" zu
vergleichen. Naja...
RB
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Subject: [cpsr-announce] CPSR Protests Hacking of News Web Sites
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2003 15:08:16 -0800
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 4, 2003
CPSR CALLS ON INTERNET COMMUNITY TO PROTEST
MALICIOUS HACKING OF ARAB AND FOREIGN NEWS WEB SITES
Palo Alto, California -- Computer Professionals for Social
Responsibiliy (CPSR) today called on Internet users worldwide
to protest the recent hacking episodes that have affected the Web
site of Arab television network Al Jazeera. Earlier this week,
unidentified hackers took down the Al Jazeera Web site and
replaced it with patriotic American images and text, and the site
was also hit by a coordinated denial of service attack rendering it
unavailable at all for several days. While the Al Jazeera site is
now back up and available,
<http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,58313,00.html>,
CPSR called the malicious intrusion into the news organization¹s
Web site an unjustifiable effort to censor foreign news
organizations during this time of war and international crisis.
³Whether you are a supporter or critic of the Bush
Administration¹s foreign policy,² said Hans Klein, CPSR¹s
Chairman, ³all Americans should decry any attempt to restrict
the ability of our citizens to have free access to news and
information from around the globe.² Calling such actions
reminiscent of ³cyber-terrorism,² Klein noted that that
Americans are visiting foreign sites in huge numbers for news
on the war, according to a study by the Pew Internet &
American Life Project released Tuesday. ³Technologists should
be especially concerned when some entities try to impose their
own political views on the Internet by interfering with the right
of both private and public press agencies around the world to
speak on the vital issues affecting the world peace.²
CPSR is a public-interest alliance of computer scientists and
others concerned about the impact of computer technology on
society. CPSR is the oldest public interest organization of
computer professionals worldwide, formed in 1981.
CPSR¹s members work to influence decisions regarding the
development and use of computers and the Internet because
those decisions have far-reaching consequences and reflect
society¹s basic values and priorities. CPSR¹s Web site is at
<http://www.cpsr.org>.
http://www.cpsr.org/program/peace/jazeera.html
> --
Susan Evoy * Managing Director
Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility
P.O. Box 717 * Palo Alto * CA * 94302
Phone: (650) 322-3778 * (650) 322-4748 (fax)
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Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility (CPSR)
is the oldest non-profit, mass membership organization
working on social impacts of computer technology.
To learn more, go to http://www.cpsr.org
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