NeonWizard Posted July 30, 2004 Report Share Posted July 30, 2004 LAS VEGAS--If everything goes as planned, for 72 hours next February hackers from all over the United States will hit targets across the Internet in the largest mass attack to date. But the affected systems won't be corporate Web servers or networks, they'll be computers set up and maintained by other hackers as part of a capture-the-flag game. When the digital dust clears, the team from either the East Coast or the West Coast will be named winner. "We have people take over someone's box and play the game from there," said "D.D.," a member of the Seattle-based security group Ghetto Hackers, which kicked off a smaller version of the game, Root Fu, at the Defcon hacking convention here on Friday. "In terms of our machines, we are pretty confident that we can contain it." The Ghetto Hackers have run the smaller capture-the-flag-type game, where eight teams hack each other on a closed network, for three years at the convention. Next year, the group of hacking hobbyists hopes to take the game global. Dubbed Mega Root Fu, the new game will be the first large-scale hacking contest played over the public Internet. The group is allowing teams throughout the United States to sign up at its Web site and hopes to have a thousand players come February. Read Article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 If this is to happen from the USA, why the hell isn't it stopped, Why aren't these people locked up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 Kool hackers hacking hackers which geeks will come out on top ??/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 If this is to happen from the USA, why the hell isn't it stopped, Why aren't these people locked up?Because it ain't illegal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted July 31, 2004 Report Share Posted July 31, 2004 If hacking isn't illegal, then it damned well should be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarecrow Man Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Don't worry andsome, it's for a greater good. Once all the bugs, holes, etc are out of our computer world, they will take over and destroy us all. Don't you go to the movies? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 Don't worry andsome, it's for a greater good. Once all the bugs, holes, etc are out of our computer world, they will take over and destroy us all. Don't you go to the movies?Occasionally if there's something on that I fancy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 1, 2004 Report Share Posted August 1, 2004 If this is to happen from the USA, why the hell isn't it stopped, Why aren't these people locked up?But the affected systems won't be corporate Web servers or networks, they'll be computers set up and maintained by other hackers as part of a capture-the-flag game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pezplaya Posted August 2, 2004 Report Share Posted August 2, 2004 I don't understand whats wrong with it as long as they are attacking other hackers computers that agree to getting their pcs hacked. It's just like playing an online multiplayer video game :o Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 I don't understand whats wrong with it as long as they are attacking other hackers computers that agree to getting their pcs hacked. It's just like playing an online multiplayer video game :oThat's OK as long as that is all they do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redhat Posted August 3, 2004 Report Share Posted August 3, 2004 If hacking isn't illegal, then it damned well should be.If it wern't for "hackers" (NOT CRACKERS) and by hackers I mean those that explore rather than this media-hypedd image that actually portrays CRACKERS' actions, many vulnerabilities woudln't be found.Just one example of how useful people with extreme networking and computing knowledge BENEFIT the internet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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