[shadowman99]

Cult of the Dead cow are the creators and distributors of Back Orifice, a suite of hacking tools that are installed as a Trojan on a remote system, and then ping the hacker to notify that a romote system is compromised.

These aren't noble activists performing an altruistic deed for to sake of any cause. These are the type of hackers who refer to themselves as 'social engineers', and don't give a damn about who they victimize.

[antiRepublicrat]

Cult of the Dead cow are the creators and distributors of Back Orifice, a suite of hacking tools that are installed as a Trojan on a remote system

Back Orifice is actually a remote system admin tool, like those from Microsoft and others. However, the fact that it's small and fairly stealty makes it perfect for use as a trojan payload by attackers.