contributed by Sw3wn
Hackers change troops blood type on DOD site? This I do not understand. If a hacker makes it all the way inside a DOD network I doubt he would go after medical records and even if he did why change a blood type? This is either the work of a foreign government or a psychopath. Definitely not a Hacker. (In this article its Cyberterrorists == hackers)

Federal Computer Week

contributed by Weld Pond
The US Navy has been given $8,000,000 to fight hackers.

GPO

contributed by Weld Pond
The California Highway Patrol has enhanced its cellular tracking capability to locate E911 calls to within one city block. (This is why I refuse to own a cell phone)

MSNBC

contributed by Space Rogue
We all know that firewalls are about as effective as a chain link fence. Is a firewalls purpose to keep out the bad guys or are they being used to fence in the users? CNN has a good article on the state of firewalls in the industry today.

CNN

Found on slashdot.org
The internic's WhoIs database is being sold on CD to mass marketers.

ZD Net

contributed by Space Rogue
The US Government is taking the possibility of a 'infowar' very seriously. They are more afraid of foreign crackers than they are of home grown hackers.

CMP Net

contributed by Space Rogue
A term coined by Tweety Fish of cDc at DefCon VI 'hacktivism' is starting to catch on. Wired has a big story on the rise of Hacking for political gain.

Wired - They link to HNN

contributed by jkwilli
Members of a group calling itself Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia tipped off State Police after finding numerous kiddie porn postings on newsgroups.

The Morning Call - A PA newspaper.

contributed by Space Rogue

Updated!
Netscape to combine with SecureWare Netwall to enhance security offerings

Internet News
CMP Net - A little late but they come up with a story.

contributed by Space Rogue
US News comes out with an article on the ease of Hacking in China. Mentions the Hong Kong Blondes. Oxblood from cDc gets a quote.

US News

contributed by Space Rogue
A decent article about the longest running Hacker ezine Phrack and its current editor Route.

The Detroit News

contributed by Jordan

Updated!

It seems hypocritical of the US Government to be releasing pr0n to the public (i.e. Kenneth Star Report) and at the same making such actions criminal.

The Child Online Protection Act (CDA II) requires web admins to limit access to material considered 'harmful to minors'. The House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications has approved the bill by voice vote. Next week it is expected to go to the full Commerce Committee.

CNNbr> EFF

Check to see if your congressman is a hypocrite.

TBTF - Cool Site

contributed by X-Ploit

Exclusive!
Early last Wednesday morning a hacking team known only as "X-Ploit" replaced the main page of a Mexican Government site. The X-Ploit Team is believed to consist of three hackers that use only the handles of LoTek, LeadRain, and DES as identification.
According to a boast on the hacked web page the X-Ploit team owns the entire gob.mx domain. They list several other Mexican government sites that they have hacked over the last year from the Secretary of Property and Public Credit to the Secretary of Health.
The hacked page stayed up on the hacked site for over six hours before it was replaced with original content.
The hacked web page declared the Internet territory, with its virtual borders, free from the yoke of corrupt and treasonous government. They ended the page with this quote "Mexico for Mexicans and the Internet for X-Ploit"
The site was back up early Thursday morning and was quickly hacked again. Shortly after that the site was unreachable. We have been unable to contact the Mexican authorities for comment.

The X-Ploit has granted HNN an exclusive interview. We have posted their unaltered comments here[defaced/1998/mexico0998/xploit.html - MISSING]

Original Site Maybe off line or still hacked

HNN Archive of Hacked Page

AltaVista English Translation of Hacked Page Just hit the 'Translate' button on the next page.