He was first noticed at the beginning of August 2000. His very successful career ended about two months later with a self-proclamation of retirement. This paper will examine his exploits, method of attack, what is known about him personally, and finally, why he quit at the height of his career. Generally a hacktivist does not wish to bring a target system down, he wishes only to leave a message of protest on the defaced sites. The sites are often chosen because of their relationship to the subject of the protest and may also just be targets of opportunity.
Many issues are political and more often targets are government sites.
Hachtivists should not be confused with cyber-terrorists. The goal of cyber-terrorists is to disrupt services and destroy data, often sites hacked are those of countries other than their own. Herbless surfaced in August 2000. It appears that they have no relationship to the protest message. The messages left on the Powell Properties site was pretty typical, a little bravado and profanity sprinkled in the messages protesting fuel costs in the United Kingdom.