Milw0rm is a group of hacktivists [1] best known for penetrating the computers of the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) in Mumbai , the primary nuclear research facility of India , on June 3, 1998. [2] The group conducted hacks for political reasons, [3] including the largest mass hack up to that time, inserting an anti-nuclear weapons agenda and peace message on its hacked websites. [4] [5] The group's logo featured the slogan "Putting the power back in the hands of the people." [6]
The BARC attack generated heated debate on the security of information in a world prevalent with countries developing nuclear weapons and the information necessary to do so, the ethics of "hacker activists" or "hacktivists," and the importance of advanced security measures in a modern world filled with people willing and able to break into insecure international websites.
The exploit site milw0rm.com and str0ke are unaffiliated with the milw0rm hacker group.