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News for 033000
contributed by McIntyre
MostHated (Patrick W. Gregory) is expected to plead guilty to
charges of one count of conspiracy to commit telecommunications
fraud in the U.S. District Court of the Northern District of Texas.
The charges stem form the defacement of the White House web page
last May. MostHated is thought to be the leader of Global Hell, a
group that has taken credit for defacing over 100 web sites. He
could receive up to five years in prison, $250,000 in fines and
forced to pay up to $2.5 million in restitution.
ABC
News
Attrition.org
- Mirrors of Global Hell Defacements
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contributed by acopalyse
FBI director Louis Freeh has suggested changes to the law that would
help track down cyber criminals and make it easier to keep pace with
the fastest-growing area of cyber crime in the United States.
(Whhhaaaaa, my job is too hard, please pass some laws to make it
easier.)
C|Net
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contributed by William Knowles
In preparation for the upcoming Stop the City protests London police
are warning banks to be extra careful screening applicants and to
look for people with with 'cyber-spy tendencies'. Police fear that
anarchist sympathizers may try to infiltrate companies and sabotage
computer systems in support of the protests.
The
Register UK
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contributed by Fredrick
Mattell may not have gotten exactly what it thought when it
purchased the copyright to CPHack. CPHack reveals Cyberpatrol's
secret list of off-limits web sites as well as methods to circumvent
the program. CPHack was released under the GNU Public license which
grants the recipient of the software the right to copy, distribute
or modify the program. Legal experts say that that right can not be
revoked.
Wired
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contributed by William Knowles
For giving out long distance White House telephone access codes a
U.S. Army Sergeant has been arrested. The codes allowed 9,400 calls
worth $50,000 to be placed to locations around the world.
Reuters
- via Yahoo
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contributed by acopalyse
This time fans have discovered a way to exploit the game console's
analog RGB output to copy DVD content to a videotape, circumventing
the system's copy-protection technology. The technique is being
discussed on Japanese web sites. (Wonder if this will have any
impact on the current MPAA and DeCSS case.)
TechWeb
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contributed by WHiTe VaMPiRe
Project Gamma has recently conducted an interview with the ATTRITION
staff. They detail future plans and speak of how they originally
started, among other things.
Project
Gamma
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contributed by Agrajag
Are the punishments given to those who commit relatively minor
computer-related crimes, such as web page defacements unfair?
Rather than being treated like their real-world counterparts (eg:
trespass and spray-painting graffiti), and earning the fairly minor
sentences that fit the actual crimes, they are most often instead
treated as serious felonies deserving of overly harsh punishments,
which are simply completely out of line with the crimes committed,
and are
seemingly only given just because a computer was involved.
Linux World
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contributed by fuller212
@tlanta con is a hacking/phreaking convention hosted by the South
Eastern 2600 groups in Atlanta Georgia. It was created due to
demand of another hacking convention in the South Eastern US.
@tlanta Con will be held this Friday, Saturday and Sunday at the The
Ramada Inn and Conference Center in Midtown Atlanta.
Atlanta Con
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contributed by Carole
Mitnick Joins Fox?
Rumor has it that Fox News has hired Kevin Mitnick as a commentator
on Internet security. If anyone can confirm this rumor we would
like to hear it.
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