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News for
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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contributed by Thomas
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