I was unable to access this Web site last night. Instead I was directed to a skull and crossbones compliments of g00ns.net. The site appears to be run by hackers who take pride in their ability to “f—ing own you.” My page—indeed Dani’s entire site—had apparently been hijacked.

Thankfully, DaniWeb appears completely normal this morning.
It didn’t take much digging to uncover the ignorance of these people. In a bot-generated post on aboutus.org, which helps “connect businesses and websites,” g00ns are described as “a breed of our own. We Are the original. Nothing more, nothing less. Others have argued that we branched off from /b/. This is not the case, as we were born of it, as they where themselves.”
Apparently unsure of its own origins or stated purpose, the next lines go this way: “I am looking into information about suing the company that has allowed g00ns.net to be created. For the purpose of hacking, plain and simply put! These are horrible acts that should not be allowed to continue.” Huh? Isn’t hacking what you’re about? Or maybe that last part was put up by someone from “/b/.” AboutUs is a Wiki, after all.
Perhaps someone can explain to me the purpose of hacking. What is it that drives people to spend their time trying to interrupt the efforts of others? Stealing credit card numbers I can understand. But from what I’ve read, malicious hackers are in it for the glory. They take pride when their virus makes national headlines by bringing the internet to a crawl, crashing a major website or substituting a picture of the Pope for Paris Hilton. “Wow, dude. That’s rad.” Gimmie a break.

I’m hesitant even to submit this entry, not wanting to give these losers a single spec of additional attention or incite retribution. But my stronger urge is to speak out—not to let their actions quell my own. If the editors at DanWeb choose to remove this post as a precaution, I would consider that justified. But I hope they don’t. Otherwise, we’re letting “the terrorists win.”