http://www.foxnews.com/js_index.sml?content=/world/041599/kosovo_hackers_2.sml

E-Strikes and Cyber-Sabotage: 
Civilian Hackers Go Online to Fight 
5.16 p.m. ET (2116 GMT) April 14, 1999 
By Patrick Riley  (FoxNews)

"You could have shut down communications to a country and all of a sudden it
looks like something our country did on an official stance," he said, adding that
diplomatic relations with Beijing were strained a few years back when a site run
by hackers Legions of the Underground posted a declaration of war against
China. 

[A few years back? This statement was released on Jan 7, 1999 by LoU.
Perhaps this is how JP's claims of being around for "five years" are 
determined?]