From: Eric Wilson <serw30@laf.cioe.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 1996 10:39:05 +0800
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Subject: Re: cybergangs?
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At 06:47 PM 8/9/96 +0100, you wrote:
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> Okay, so this is a bit Gibsonish but after reading that piece on cybergangs
> and some of the ecash issues what I wanna know is this:
>
> There are no laws in cyberspace right? No one to enforce them as such
> shall we say? What happens if a group of hackers/crackers/cypherpunks
> set up shop and started offering their services to the highest bidder?
>
> Let's say that the US Government bans strong crypto and attempts to
> enforce is using the many, conventional, means at its disposal...
> what happens if the cypherpunks group raises the money to pay a group
> or individual to hack/destroy/grind to a halt milnet? Or some such
> government network? Or all of them? 
>
> How come this hasn't happened yet? Okay maybe not at such a grand scale,
> but ya know? 
>
> Hey it's just an idea,
>
> Zaid
>
>
>"The wave is already gathering; one day it will wash us away." - Hermann Hesse
>
A kind of Cybermilitia! Can we still wear green uniforms and camouflage face
paint?

Eric