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News for 112599
Thanksgiving
"Our harvest being gotten in, our governor sent four men on fowling, that
so we might after a special manner rejoice together after we had gathered
the fruit of our labors. They four in one day killed as much fowl as,
with a little help beside, served the company almost a week. At which
time, among other recreations, we exercised our arms, many of the Indians
coming amongst us, and among the rest their greatest king Massasoit,
with some ninety men, whom for three days we entertained and feasted, and
they went out and killed five deer, which they brought to the plantation
and bestowed upon our governor, and upon the captain, and others. And
although it be not always so plentiful as it was at this time with us,
yet by the goodness of God, we are so far from want that we often wish
you partakers of our plenty."
Edward
Winslow, Dec. 11, 1621, in A Journal of the Pilgrims at Plymouth
(Mourt'9s Relation: A Relation or Journal of the English Plantation
settled at Plymouth in New England, by certain English adventurers both
merchants and others.) Dwight Heath, ed. New York: Corinth Books, 1963,
p. 82.
" After the Pilgrims' arrival, Native Americans in New England grew
increasingly frustrated with the English settlers' abuse and treachery.
As a result, Metacomet (King Philip), a son of the Wampanoag sachem known
as the Massasoit (Ousamequin), called upon all Native people to unite to
defend their homelands against European encroachment. The resulting "King
Philip's
War" lasted from 1675-1676. When Metacomet was murdered in Rhode Island
in August 1676, his body was mutilated. His head was displayed on a pike
here in Plymouth's Post Office
Square for more than 20 years. One hand was sent to Boston, the other to
England. Like many families of the Native American combatants,
Metacomet's wife and son were sold into slavery
in the West Indies by the English victors."
Text of Plaque in
Plymouth MA, Post Office Square
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contributed by c0nd0r
Claiming a lack of security as the reason YTCracker has defaced the
sites of NASA's Goddard Flight Center international page, the Bureau of
Land Management's National Training Center, and the Defense Contracts
Audit Agency. He claims the admins of the sites where warned
beforehand of the vulnerabilities but chose not to patch the holes.
(On Monday HNN will publish an exclusive article by YT Cracker about
the reasons for his defacements.)
HNN Defaced Pages Archive
Wired
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contributed by gladius
The "Electronic Communications Act 2000" was announced on the 19th of
November. The bill now explicitly rules out key-escrow, and gives
electronic digital signatures the same weight under law as signed
printed papers.
Electronic Communications Act 2000
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contributed by Weld Pond
The Chief Scientist for Zero Knowledge Systems, Ian Goldberg, has
released beta versions of his doctoral thesis. The title of his thesis
is "A Pseudonymous Communications Infrastructure for the Internet"
which describes how Freedom by Zero Knowledge works.
Ian's Research
Page
Zero
Knowledge Systems
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contributed by ewollensky
ParseTV, the weekly hack/phreak streaming video show, will be back on
the air today (Wednesday). ParseTV went dark several weeks ago after
the show's host Shamrock and the producer parted company. The show
returns today with a new host and several guests. The show is
scheduled to feature Dark Lord (Bruce Fancher), who will discuss the
resurrection of MindVox, Izaac Falken, current co-host of Off The Hook,
Sangfroid, who will give out information on Krystalia's untimely
passing, and Cancer Omega, who will talk about the fine work being done
by the Attrition Staff. The web site for ParseTV is still in a little
bit of a mess and the show may not be available for streaming live at
4pm EST but it will definitely by archived for your viewing pleasure.
(Wow, impressive, with this lineup of guests we may actually learn
something from this new version of the show.)
ParseTV
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contributed by pr0file
Attempting to divert attention away from its 'foreign donation' scandle
the Conservative Party in England has called in Scotland Yard to
determine if its bank accounts have been electronically manipulated.
The party feels that details about its bank account recently published
in the Times could have only come from 'hackers' inside the Royal Bank
of Scotland.
(Must have been those evil Hackers, couldn't have been an employee
or someone fishing your bank statements out of the trash. There is no
evidence that says otherwise so it must have been the evil
hackers.)
BBC
Late Update: 141524NOV99EST
A much more realistic article has been publish regarding this story.
BBC
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contributed by Evil Wench
A student at the Elk Island public school division east of Edmonton in
Alberta Canada has been caught "trying to download hacking software".
This article does not say if he was successful in his attempt or what
he planned to do with the software or even what the software was. The
student was charged by the RCMP with unauthorized use of a computer.
(You seldom see ignorance levels this high.)
Edmonton
Sun - Via Lexis-Nexis
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contributed by Evil Wench
Two students at Southridge High School in Beaverton Oregon, have been
accused of trying to overload the school's computer system with junk
e-mail. They have also been accused of trying to break into the schools
computer systems. The case has been referred to the Washington County
juvenile justice department.
Yahoo
News - Anyone have a better link for this?
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contributed by Evil Wench
Four students at North View Secondary school in Singapore have been
either fined or given probation for unauthorized Internet usage. After
shoulder surfing the password from a teacher the four students used it
to gain unauthorized access to the internet for up to five months
before discovered.
The
Straights Times
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