contributed by Space Rogue
"Strong Crypto for All!" Finland says. Finland currently has absolutely no restrictions on cryptography. Granted I don't live in Finland but this sure makes the US export control policy look really dumb.

Wired

contributed by Space Rogue
Justin Peterson the hacker/FBI Informant is on the run. After violating conditions of his parole the hacker turned informant who gathered evidence on Kevin Mitnick is now running from the law.

ZD Net

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The Information Promotion Association (IPA) said that for the month of October there where 136 computer virus incidents in Japan. The report also indicated that a formula virus, "XF/Paix", had made its way for the first time into Japan. A formula virus differs from a Macro Virus in that it attaches itself to the arithmetic formula area inside Microsoft Excel files.

Asia BizTech

contributed by Space Rogue
Information warfare. Electronic Pearl Harbor. Cyber Terrorism. Is it plausible? Or is it Hype? George Smith seems to think it is mostly hype.

Issues in Science and Technology

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What is a real Hacker? The Village Voice attempts to find out with quotes from Route, Invalid, Deth Veggie, Emmanuel Goldstein and others.

Village Voice