A-Infos (en) Zapatista Supporters Hack Mexican Gov't Site

[Austen Jackson <austen.jackson@rebus.co.uk>]

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>From FoxNews 4/2/98

Available on the web at http://WWW.FOXnews.com/scitech/020498/zapatista.sml



"MEXICO CITY - Supporters of Mexico's Zapatista rebels have hacked into a
government home page on the Internet and defaced it with anti-government
propaganda.

The home page for Mexico's Finance Ministry appeared on Wednesday
plastered with pictures of the rebels' revolutionary namesake Emiliano
Zapata.

"We're watching you, big brother!" one part of the message read in
an ironic reversal of George Orwell's famous phrase warning of
government excess.

The phrase "X-ploit" appeared beneath a giant yellow face. A
"parental advisory" sticker similar to those found on explicit
rock-and-roll records was pasted nearby.

Officials at the ministry could not be reached for comment.

"We belong to no group, we do not belong to the Zapatista Army
for National Liberation, but we are expressing our free expression
as Mexicans," said the message, followed by the sign-off "Zapatista
Army for National Liberation."

The Zapatistas, who launched a brief rebellion in early 1994,
pioneered use of the Internet by a guerrilla group, creating a home
page to encourage international support.

Led by the charismatic, pipe-smoking Marcos, the rebels fighting
for Indian rights and democracy have been locked in fruitless peace
talks with the government for more than four years. A tenuous
cease-fire has held. "

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