The tool was released by the CDC on August 1st, 1998, at the DEF CON hacker convention in Las Vegas, Nevada. The application name was intended to be a parody of Microsoft BackOffice server products. The RAT program “Back Orifice” allows users to control Internet-connected machines running Microsoft Windows from a remote location. The Twitter feed was launched on August 7th, 2009, but ceased tweeting in September of 2010. On September 4th, 2007, CDC Communications released a book titled The Book of Cao: Englightment Through a Poke in the Eye, containing a collection of CDC text files describing the group's spiritual beliefs.
On July 14th, 2004, Wired published an article about hacker political activists, crediting the CDC with coining the term "hacktivism." On July 30th, the Cult of the Dead Cow Myspace page was launched, featuring music released by the hacker group. On February 15th, 2000, CNN reported that President Bill Clinton was briefed by CDC member Mudge about various aspects of Internet security. In 1999, the group was featured in a documentary titled "Disinformation" (shown below) On January 27th, 1997, the Cult Dead Cow website was created, which includes the Cow Feed blog, media downloads, applications and merchandise. On June 4th, 1995, the CDC declared war on the Church of Scientology as part of a controversy involving the Church's attempts at removing the newsgroup. In 1994, the -dead-cow Usenet newsgroup was created. In December of 1993, the CDC was named "Sassiest Underground Computer Group" by Sassy Magazine. Drunkfux) started HoHoCon in December of 1990, which is often credited as the first modern hacker conference.
The CDC was initially formed by the BBS system administrators Grandmaster Ratte', Franken Gibe and Sid Vicious in June of 1984, while convening at the Farm Pac slaughter house in Lubbock, Texas.
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