Te Kete o Karaitiana Taiuru (Blog)

With some amusement i read the NZ herald article that claimed one of the so called Maori terrorists (whom may i add is not charged under the Terrorism Act) was known as “Bl@ckmask”, and he/she hacked the National Party web site.

First of all, i wonder how an audio device can ascertain between an “a” and an “@” ?.

Secondly, i do not doubt this countries surveillance, but surely a little investigation would reveal that “BlackMask” is actually a political hacktavist group, with no direct Māori connection. For example, a Google search will reveal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_creation/2006-07-17#BlackMask_Collective as the first hit of “BlackMask”. Is it possible that we had a single person trying to inflate their ego ?.

Surely, if an international hacktavist group were informed that an individual was pertaining to be them, the hacktavist group would retaliate ?.

My personal opinion, is because we have a Māori IT Manager involved with this group, that he/she must be an hacker!. It plays on peoples perceptions that a Māori IT professional must be an hacker. I have been a victim of the same stereotype. That a successful IT Māori must be an hacker, just like they see in the movies 🙂 .

My personal belief is that, as Māori, we need to become part of the system and then fight it, not oppose it and fight from outside. Just a little study in history of minority oppressed will reveal this.
Martin Luther King, Ghandi, Malcom X etc.

As i understand it, the IT Manager, who may be the person who is accused of hacking National Party web site, can no longer work for the company he/she was once employed at, because of the accusations. Yet, the non profit organisations he/she was associated with, will back him/her until proven guilty.

Surely any political party in NZ, has the ability to trace a hack on their web site. If not, i have grave concerns about this countries security resources.

As always, i am prepared to be shown that my opinion is incorrect.