contributed by dis-crete
Three blind Arab brothers are being held for allegedly electronically breaking into the Mossad Intelligence Agency and the Shin Bet security service along with dozens of other Israeli institutions. They supposedly did this without special computer equipment for the blind. Apparently, the three blind brothers used a secret language, known only to them. They are accused of listening to sensitive telephone conversations, intercepting classified information and then passing it on to the Palestinian Authority, Egypt and Jordan. The brothers have refused to co-operate with the police and deny all allegations against them. The Defense lawyer has said he is having problems with the case because most of the information is considered classified. The prosecution has announced that it will call over 150 witness to give evidence against the brothers.

Globe Technology

contributed by dis-crete
The FBI's Seattle office has created the eighth special Computer Crime Squad, following New York, San Francisco, Dallas and Boston. The Seattle office will be staffed by 10 agents to focus on computer crime. FBI agents have been receiving training locally and in Washington, D.C., to operate newly purchased hardware and software intended to identify and track malicious computer activity. The article does acknowledge that most computer crimes are the result of disgruntled employees, and not what it calls 'recreational hackers'.

Seattle Times

contributed by Weld Pond
27-year-old Michael Scott Moody has been sentenced to 10 months in prison and three years probation for using Net-Bus to gain access to two government computers at Elmendorf Air Force base. The systems in question contained personnel records and maintenance records for an F-15 squadron. The case is believed to be the first of its kind in Alaska.

Anchorage Daily News

contributed by nos nam
NOAA's Center for Operational Oceanographic Products and Services web site was defaced around midnight last night.

Cracked Pages Archive

contributed by Weld Pond
The United States is not the only government to suffer embarrassing break ins of its computer systems. Brazil has suffered from embarrassing attacks against The Ministry of Science and Technology as well as its Supreme Court web page.

CNN

contributed by Carole
While corporations and governments spend millions on the technological side of computer security many are forgetting the human equation. SunWorld takes an interesting look at how your employees may be the weakest link in your network security policy.

SunWorld

contributed by Space Rogue
The HNN Staff has now been in Las Vegas for several hours. Because of the amount of time we have been spending attempting to come up with an algorithm to defeat Roulette we have not been able to update the site as frequently as we would have liked. In the meantime you can check out these related sites for more information on what will be happening at the convention.

The Black Hat Briefings
Defcon VII
Main Back Orifice 2000 Site
Zero Knowledge Systems
L0pht Heavy Industries - Announcing AntiSniff
CounterPane Systems - Releasing white paper on MS PPTP2

Some preview reports are starting to appear:
Media Circus, Circus, ZDNet
Remembering the First Def Con, ZDNet
Does the media provoke hacking?

contributed by Space Rogue
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