Hackers Declare War On Scientologists
Hackers are infuriated by the removal from YouTube last month of a Scientologists' video clip featuring Tom Cruise. They have alleged that Scientologists forced YouTube to remove the embarrassing footage, in which the actor hailed the religion as "a blast". The church has appeared powerless to stop the online sabotage. Guerrilla action has so far included the temporary disabling of its international Web site and "Google bombing", a manipulation of the search engine which has resulted in the Web site being the first result returned by Google when users type "dangerous cult". Scientology's UK Web site has been unavailable and in the US the FBI were investigating what they said was the hoax dispatch of white powder in envelopes to 19 churches in the Los Angeles area.
