[®TMark afterword: This action generated a great deal
of publicity, a death threat to Ricardo Dominguez, and a Java counterattack
by the Department of Defense (which they acknowledged, according to Wired).]
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contacts:
Stefan Wray: sjw210@is8.nyu.edu
Ricardo Dominguez: rdom@thing.net
RTMARK: invest@rtmark.com
News Conference: September 9, 11:00 a.m., Linz, Austria
(SWARM, Brucknerhaus)
INTERNET ATTACK TODAY (September 9) AGAINST
FRANKFURT STOCK EXCHANGE, PENTAGON, AND ZEDILLO
A group of internet activists supporting the Mexican Zapatistas will
attempt today (September 9) to temporarily disable the web sites of the
Frankfurt Stock Exchange, the Pentagon, and Mexican President Ernesto Zedillo,
by swamping them with demands from a system called FloodNet (http://www.thing.net/~rdom/zapsTactical/javascrp.htm).
(Previous FloodNet actions have been described by the FBI as "worldwide
electronic insurrection.")
$4500 in RTMARK-solicited funding has helped to enable development,
coordination and publicity efforts for the software and action, to be launched
with a news conference in Linz, Austria, where the group, called the Electronic
Disturbance Theater, is currently based. The action will begin at 9:00
a.m. GMT, and will continue for twenty-four hours.
FloodNet requires widespread participation to succeed, and the intention
of ECD actions is to demonstrate widespread support for the Zapatistas
in their struggle against the Zedillo government and its global economic
agenda. Previous such actions are described at
http://www.nyu.edu/projects/wray/actions.html.
To participate in today's action, or for more information, visit FloodNet
at http://www.thing.net/~rdom/zapsTactical/javascrp.htm.
Other Zapatista-related FloodNet actions planned for this fall are listed
at http://www.nyu.edu/projects/wray/ecd98.html. Actions against the
Federal Communications Commission are planned for October 4 and 5; please
visit http://www.nyu.edu/projects/wray/ecd.html for more information.
