To Sterling, this does not come as a surprise. You don't find female computer intruders, any more than you find female voyeurs who are obsessed with catching glimpses of men's underwear. He traces the root of hacking to the psychological deficiencies from which male juveniles supposedly suffer. I wouldn't agree with Sterling that hacking generally requires an impoverished emotional life, but, even it were true, certainly some women meet that requirement too. The presence of these female hackers at the conference demonstrated the ability of women to gain access to restricted sectors of the Internet and to move with the freedom of their male counterparts.
DoS is the most spectacular and contested hack within the community and the world at large.
For one thing, DoS generates a lot of publicity. She refused to answer almost all questions regarding her personal life, except that she had been brought up in Belgium by American parents, and is currently living back in the San Francisco Bay Area, where she works as a programmer and system administrator. Always the same stupid question. There are a lot of dirty names for people like me, but I don't care. From what you said about the Cyberfeminist International, I conclude that you are mostly interested in the political aspects of information technology.