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contributed by ben
In the classic slow style of the US Government, federal law enforcement
officials are still investigating last week's denial of service attacks.
Sources close to the investigation have said that they are following
"very strong leads". The names of mafiaboy, coolio, and machoman have
been mentioned in numerous media outlets but no hard evidence yet links
them to the crimes.
Associated
Press - via Excite
CNN - video
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contributed by White Vampire
Yesterday HNN incorrectly reported that the Virginia Legislature passed
into law the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act.
They did pass joint resolutions HJ277 and SJ239 which will create a
joint subcommittee to study the UCITA and its language.
Slashdot
Late Update 11:50
Well it would seem that interpreting legal jargon within the Sate
legislature of Virgina is a little more difficult than first thought.
It would now appear that UCITA did in fact make it into law by amedning
title Title 59.1. But here, read it for yourself:
House
Bill 561: Creates the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
(UCITA). UCITA was promulgated by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL)
Passed
95-2, 1 abstain.
Senate
Bill 372: Creates the Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act
(UCITA). UCITA was promulgated by the National Conference of
Commissioners on Uniform State Laws (NCCUSL).
Passed 39-0
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contributed by Evil Wench
During operational tests of the $1.6 million Defense Message System
software Version 2.1, an information warfare test team "was able to
penetrate all but one test site with only a moderate level of effort,"
according to the DOD's 1999 annual OT&E report, released this week. The
test was conducted last year by the Defense Department's Office of
Operational Test and Evaluation, As a result of the failure, the
Pentagon's OT&E director concluded that DMS Version 2.1 was "not
operationally effective."
Federal
Computer Week
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contributed by Evil Wench
In-Q-Tel, the CIA's recently formed venture capital fund, has entered
into a $3 million contract with Science Applications International Corp.
(SAIC) for development of software designed to protect Web sites against
DoS attacks and to make computer addresses invisible to sniffers.
Washington
Post
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contributed by McIntyre
The Virginia Department of Motor Vehicles was hit by a denial of service
attack from a disgruntled motorist. DMV officials said that the attacker
did not breach the system, adding that no customer information was
compromised nor was any content altered. Virginia State Police quickly
followed the path of information streaming into the DMV servers and were
able to arrest a suspect within hours of the start of the attack.
Washington
Post
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contributed by kingpin
Found in Cryptogram
As an exercise for a high school computer science class one student
built a device that will brute force the combination of a master
padlock. (This is just way cool)
Neil's
Robots
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