contributed by Space Rogue
China's human rights site has been hacked by members of LoU (Legions of Underground). Bronc Buster and Zyklon have taken credit for the hack poking fun at the sites weak security, China's horrid human-rights records as well as the human rights record o f the US in regards to the Kevin Mitnick mess.

humanrights-china.org - Original site. Still hacked at 12:35 27OCT EST

HNN Archive of hacked page

Yesterdays Wired article describing the site.

contributed by Space Rogue
Hewlett Packard and Wave Systems say they have found the amicable solution to the US export control policy. They have created a hardware encryption chip that resides on a systems motherboard, the chip is then registered with a local authority which sets t he encryption level with that allowable by local law. (Ed. Note. Sounds to me like gun control. This is not a solution.)

Wired

contributed by Space Rogue
The FBI is currently installing a Virtual Private Network that will run over the public Internet to link various police offices. This VPN will allow police to share criminal histories. The FBI has chosen software by Check Point Software Technologies. (Ed. Note. This is just scary. The Federal Gov is now trusting the totally insecure Internet with criminal data. Talk about a crackers wet dream. Damn.)

Kansas City Business Journal

contributed by Space Rogue
A Report by the BBC details some of the latest hacks around the world done for political gain.

BBC

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The court ordered injunction against Rio, a portable MP3 player, created by Diamond Multimedia has been lifted.

Diamond Press Release
ZD Net
Wired SF Gate