ABSTRACT
Beginning in the first quarter of 1997, CBC radio aired a disturbing story pertaining to the Tamai family in Emeryville, Ontario. Established by a hacking group known as U4EA, the Brotherhood of Warez was a team of hackers from Canada and similar to many teams of hackers from the time period of telephone phreaking. On April 20, 1997, the Brotherhood of Warez brought down the CBC website and substituted the message "The Media Are Liars." It was clearly a reprisal against the "Sommy" story that was now being broadcast nationwide. A note of interest is that while the Brotherhood of Warez did have access to all of the CBC computer systems, they made no attempt to take anything from those systems. They just wanted their message to be clearly heard and understood. The CBC eventually enhanced the security of their computer network.
