The Yugoslav government seized control of the servers and used them to pour out pro-Serb propaganda. Their aim, nearly successful, was to weaken the resolve of NATO countries. No challenge to NATO's domination of the skies, the Serbs held their own in the Internet trenches. Serb hackers also used the servers and satellite links left intact by NATO to break into government and industry computers belonging to members of the alliance, disrupting services and defacing websites. NATO hackers did the same to Serb sites.
Digital sabotage is rife in Asia, too.
In Taiwan and China, supporters and opponents of Taiwan's bid for statehood regularly hack into and deface each other's websites. Some Netwar experts concede the limitations of this kind of combat. Jamming governmental websites may be a nuisance to the Mexicans, for example, but it is unlikely to scare the administration into surrendering to the Zapatistas. For the Zapatistas, fighting a Netwar may have saved them from extermination, winning the rebels widespread international support. Marcos often compares himself to the cartoon character Speedy Gonzalez.