contributed by Weld Pond
Analyzer (Ehud Tenenbaum), and three other teenagers pleaded not-guilty yesterday to penetrating computer systems of the Pentagon, NASA and the Israeli Parliament. Analyzer's lawyer said that since there was no notice declaring the sites off limits no crime was committed. A trial date has not yet been set but the defendants face a maximum of three years in jail if convicted.

USA Today
HNN Archive for June 9, 1999- Analyzer Starts Computer Security Business
HNN Archive for February 10, 1999- Analyzer Indicted

contributed by TurTlex
The Word Macro virus 'Thursday' which attempts to delete users files on December 13th, has been reported to be spreading among financial institutions. After being reported at eight financial institutions in Europe its threat level has been increased to 'high'. There is concern that this virus may be confused as a Y2K bug due to its attack date.

ZD Net
HNN Archive for August 27, 1999 - Japanese Bank Mails Virus to Investors
Network Associates - 'Thursday' Description

contributed by evil wench
The Guangzhou Intermediate Court has found Lu Xuewen, 25, guilty of stealing system accounts and breaking into the main systems of ChinaNet, a major Chinese ISP. The security breaches occurred in January and February of 1998. Xuewen has been sentenced to 18 months in jail. (Better than a sentence of death.)

South China Morning Post

contributed by wperko
Organizations around the world are bracing in anticipation of next Thursday. September 9, 1999, or '9999', was once used by early programmers as an end of file tag. Some people have theorized that older computers may misinterpret the date code and stop working altogether. Some organizations like electric companies and the US Transportation Department will be using the date to help prepare for January 1st.

USA Today

contributed by evil wench
The Center for Democracy and Technology has released a study of web sites of the top eleven presidential candidates. Only Vice President Al Gore and Sen. John McCain (R-Arizona) had a readily accessible privacy statement on the front page of their web sites. Most of the eleven candidates have mentioned the importance of privacy in the coming years.

C|Net
Center for Democracy and Technology - A First Test: The Candidates and Their Privacy Policies

contributed by info
The security of the Scottish Minister's web site has finally been tightened. The modifications come days after the site was warned that it was open to attack. The warning was issued by Secondary DNS Con, a UK security convention.

BBC
HNN Archive for August 17, 1999
Secondary DNS Con - Original Press Release

contributed by Weld Pond
The State of Maine Correction Center has started a program to teach inmates how to fix computers. The program is modeled after a similar program in California. The systems are donated from companies and then given to local schools after they have been upgraded. Prison officials said that there is no software involved so that the prisoners do not have the opportunity to learn how to become infocriminals or how to break security codes. (So if there is no software involved how do they test what they fix?)

Excite News

contributed by Weld Pond
While Microsoft is still casting its magic spin wand over the whole HotMail mess one reporter found the hole and used it to spy on her arch enemies. Then she realized that maybe using the hole wasn't such a good idea.

Salon Magazine

contributed by Thomas
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