Cult of The Dead Cow
are the most famous hacker group in history, They formed in 1984. Their website is at http://www.cultdeadcow.com. cDc communications is the parent organization of Cult of The Dead Cow which is just one of three groups. The other two are the ninja strikeforce and Hacktivismo. Membership is granted on the ninja strikeforce to those who are the best of the best in their field of hacking. Cult of the Dead Cow promote the ideals of internet freedom, and take great exception to those who seek to impose upon those ideals. On the strikeforce website there is a quote by Charles Bukowski which reads "Censorship is the tool of those who have the need to hide actualities from themselves and others. Their fear is only the inability to face what is real". This is cDc's manifesto
To find out more about Cult Of the Dead Cow, visit their websites and read the Wikipedia entry all about the group. cDc are, without a doubt, some of the best programmers and network specialists around. The websites will introduce you to the concepts of good computer security, the web underground, and above all - humour. There is a lot of humour to cDc and they are well worth a visit.