The Chaos Computer Club (CCC) is one of the biggest and most influential hacker organisations. The CCC is based in Germany and other German-speaking countries and currently has about 1,500 members. Image File history File links Ccc168. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... This article is about computer hacking. ... Wau Holland, ca. ... Die Datenschleuder. ... The Chaos Communication Congress is a three-day meeting of the international hacker scene, organized by the Chaos Computer Club. ... Hackcenter tent The Chaos Communication Camp is an irregular international meeting of Hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and held at the Paulshof next to Altlandsberg near Berlin. ... Aerial view of the Berlin installation Project Blinkenlights was created by the German Chaos Computer Club in 2001 as a celebration of its 20th birthday. ... This article is about computer hacking. ...

The CCC describes itself as "a galactic community of life's beings, independent of age, sex, race or societal orientation, which strives across borders for freedom of information…." In general, the CCC struggles for more transparency in governments, freedom of information and a human right to communication. Supporting the principles of the hacker ethic, the club also fights for free access to computers and technological infrastructure for everybody. Human rights are rights which some hold to be inalienable and belonging to all humans. ... Communication is a process that allows organisms to exchange information by several methods. ... In modern parlance, the hacker ethic (otherwise known as hacktivism) is either: the belief that information-sharing is a powerful positive good, and that it is an ethical duty of hackers to share their expertise by writing free software and facilitating access to information and computing resources wherever possible; and...

History

The CCC was founded in Berlin on September 12, 1981 on a table from the Kommune 1 in the rooms of the newspaper Die Tageszeitung by Wau Holland and others in anticipation of the prominent role that information technology would play in the way people live and communicate. This article is about the capital of Germany. ... is the 255th day of the year (256th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Kommune 1 or K1 was the first politically-motivated commune in Germany. ... die tageszeitung (referred to commonly as taz), founded in 1978 in Berlin, is a cooperative-owned German daily newspaper. ... Wau Holland, ca. ...

The CCC became world famous when they hacked the German Bildschirmtext computer network and succeeded in getting a bank in Hamburg to debit the online account with DM 134,000 in favour of the club. The money was returned the next day in front of the press. C64 decoder Bildschirmtext (German screen text, abbrev. ... This article is about the city in Germany. ... The Deutsche Mark (DM, DEM) was the official currency of West and, from 1990, unified Germany. ...

In 1989, the CCC was peripherally involved in the first cyberespionage case to make international headlines. A group of German hackers led by Karl Koch (who was loosely affiliated with the CCC) was arrested for breaking into US government and corporate computers and selling operating-system source code to the Soviet KGB. Year 1989 (MCMLXXXIX) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar). ... Karl Koch (born July 22, 1965 in Hanover, died - probably - May 23, 1989) was a German hacker in the 1980s, who called himself hagbard, after Hagbard Celine. ... This article is about the KGB of the Soviet Union. ...

The CCC is more widely known for its public demonstrations of security risks. In 1996, CCC members demonstrated an attack against Microsoft's ActiveX technology, changing personal data in a Quicken database from the outside. In April 1998, the CCC successfully demonstrated the cloning of GSM customer card, circumventing the A10 encryption algorithm. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Microsoft Corporation, (NASDAQ: MSFT, HKSE: 4338) is a multinational computer technology corporation with global annual revenue of US$44. ... ActiveX is a series of high-level, Internet/Intranet technologies Microsoft introduced in late 1990s. ... Intuit Logo Intuit, Inc. ... Year 1998 (MCMXCVIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar). ... Global System for Mobile communications (GSM: originally from Groupe Spécial Mobile) is the most popular standard for mobile phones in the world. ...

In 2001, the CCC celebrated its twentieth birthday with an interactive light installation dubbed Project Blinkenlights that turned the building Haus des Lehrers in Berlin into a giant computer screen. A follow up installation (dubbed "Arcade") at the Bibliothèque nationale de France was the world's biggest light installation ever. Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... Aerial view of the Berlin installation Project Blinkenlights was created by the German Chaos Computer Club in 2001 as a celebration of its 20th birthday. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... arcade, see Arcade. ... The new buildings of the library. ...

Events

CCC 2003 camp near Berlin

The CCC hosts the annual Chaos Communication Congress, Europe's biggest hacker congress, with up to 4,500 participants. Every four years, the Chaos Communication Camp is the outdoor alternative for hackers worldwide. tent with pirate flag as seen on the CCC 2003 conference Author: me, Paul Vlaar Date: 2003-08-07 Source: http://www. ... tent with pirate flag as seen on the CCC 2003 conference Author: me, Paul Vlaar Date: 2003-08-07 Source: http://www. ... The Chaos Communication Congress is a three-day meeting of the international hacker scene, organized by the Chaos Computer Club. ... Hackcenter tent The Chaos Communication Camp is an irregular international meeting of Hackers organized by the Chaos Computer Club (CCC) and held at the Paulshof next to Altlandsberg near Berlin. ...

Members of the CCC also participate in various technological and political conferences around the planet.

Publications

The CCC publishes the quarterly magazine Datenschleuder ("data catapult"), and the CCC in Berlin also produces a monthly radio show called Chaosradio which picks up various technical and political topics in a three-hour talk radio show. The program is aired on a local radio station named Fritz. There is also a podcast spin-off named "Chaosradio Express," an international podcast called "Chaosradio International," and other radio programs offered by some regional Chaos Groups. Die Datenschleuder. ... This article is about the capital of Germany. ... Talk radio is a radio format which features discussion of topical issues. ...

Members

Famous members are co-founder Wau Holland and Andy Müller-Maguhn, who was a member of the ICANN board of directors for Europe until 2002. Wau Holland, ca. ... Andy Müller-Maguhn at the Open Cultures conference, June 6, 2003 Andy Müller-Maguhn (*4 October 1973) is since 1986 a member and since 1990 one of the speakers of the german hacker association the Chaos Computer Club. ... ICANN headquarters ICANN (IPA /aɪkæn/) is the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. ... Also see: 2002 (number). ...

See also

• Metalab Vienna
• 2600: The Hacker Quarterly
• CULT OF THE DEAD COW
• Hack-Tic
• L0pht
• Phrack
• 23

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External links

• CCC homepage
• Project Blinkenlights homepage
• Chaosradio Homepage
• Hack In The Box (HITB)
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