First International Hacktivist ‘Cyberwar’? Online Conflict & the Kosovo War
First International Hacktivist ‘Cyberwar’? Online Conflict & the Kosovo War
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The Kosovo War lasted from February 1998 through to June 1999. In parallel with the brutal physical conflict was an online battle between hackers from Russia, the US, China, Holland and parts of th…
An account of hackers and hacktivism during the Kosovo war. Absolutely fascinating piece of tech history that I knew nothing about. Via @realhackhistory https://chaos.social/@realhackhistory/110723217013753518
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@laurens Thank you! I came across a lot of articles when looking through a US newspaper archive for news on hackers from 1999 and just kept digging, it is fascinating because it was like a template for conflicts that came after.