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How can you define a term for a group that will argue any definition, knowing such definitions to be limiting? Mainstream society usually defines hackers as destructive kids who deface web sites or steal credit cards – criminals. Mainstream security companies and government may soon have a new definition: “tools”.

Sadly, many hackers are unwitting tools, blindly following the proddings of the security industry. Prime example was the recent “Defacer’s Challenge”, a supposed competition to name the top defacing group, the prize 500mb of web hosting and a free domain name. Oh, yes – and bragging rights to being known as the top defacer.[NMRC Projects]