milw0rm
 Milw0rm on CNN | |
| Formation | 1998 |
|---|---|
| Members | JF, Keystroke, ExtreemUK, savec0re, and VeNoMouS |
membership. Replace with num_members.purpose. It should be removed.map2. It should be removed.Milw0rm is a group of hacktivists best known for penetrating the computers of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai, the primary nuclear research facility of India, on June 3, 1998. The group conducted hacks for political reasons, including the largest mass hack up to that time, inserting an anti-nuclear weapons agenda and peace message on its hacked websites. The group's logo featured the slogan "Putting the power back in the hands of the people."
The BARC attack generated heated debate on the security of information in a world prevalent with countries developing nuclear weapons and the information necessary to do so, the ethics of "hacker activists" or "hacktivists," and the importance of advanced security measures in a modern world filled with people willing and able to break into insecure international websites.
The exploit site milw0rm.com and str0ke are unaffiliated with the milw0rm hacker group.