Issues 11 through 20 of
Russian hacker magazine ‘‘XAKEP’’, from 1999 through to 2000. A
publication for hackers, or “khakeri”, made by hackers, edited by Sergei
Pokrovsky.XAKEP was the original print media of the Russian computer underground. As
the Moscow Times observed in 2002 after the arrest in a sting operation
of two Russian hackers, the magazine and associated forums commented
frequently on events that involved the hacking underground of Russia:After all, wire reports and articles about the indictment are
proliferating on Russian news web sites, and the message board at
www.xakep.ru, the web site for Russia's Khaker Magazine, was filled with
recriminations and warnings similar to this message posted by one
anonymous user: "Watch out Russian hackers! You see what kind of
low-life tactics the Americans are capable of, so work more carefully!"Forbes observed in 2004:"Subscribers to the Russian glossy magazine Khaker ("hacker") can skim
tutorials on how to set up a fake online store to steal credit cards.
There are even "phishing-in-a-box" kits available for download."