contributed by Space Rogue
1999 has been a whirlwind year for the underground community and HNN. We have searched through the archives and came up with what we thought where the biggest news stories we reported on in 1999. Since HNN tends to cover very different stuff from the mainstream our list is a little different from everyone else's. If you missed a day or to of HNN over the last year you should take a look at our top ten (really it is eleven) news stories of 1999.

1999 Year In Review

contributed by Frank
Although the Y2K issue will keep many people from attending this year the 16th annual Chaos Computer Congress is expecting over 2000 people to show up. New to this years conferances will be Lego Mindstorms Sumo where competitors attempt to push each others creations off a table.

Chaos Communication Congress
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Wired

contributed by Evil Wench
A 14-year-old Toronto youngster has been charged with electronically breaking into an unidentified e-commerce company. The youth allegedly broke into the company's site and changed passwords to prevent the owner from accessing his mail. He then demanded $5,000 from the owner to return control and was arrested when he came to collect his cash.

CNews

contributed by Evil Wench
Kevin Poulsen has published a Christmas shopping list for the hacker. Kevin could have shown some more creativity, not to mention a longer list. While the items he has chosen are ok, my wish list is quite a bit longer and a lot more expensive. Everyone knows Hackers want LOTS of goodies for the holidays. (LEDs = Power Whoever has the most when they die, wins.

ZD Net

contributed by Gh0st47
As we get closer and closer to that magical day, January 1st, the media will continue to increase the FUD factor regarding Y2K. Since the initial problem of computer meltdown seems to be fading away the issue of viruses and terrorist attacks is getting more attention. While the threats are definitely real it is doubtful they are fantastic as most would have us believe.

Access Atlanta

contributed by The Hex
The Datacore releases The Datacore Encryption Suite 1.0 on December 25. DES1.0 consists of an easy to use interface, and uses many well know algorithms. They hope you enjoy the program.

The Datacore

contributed by Cruciphux
Trying to catch up for lost time Issues #46 and #47 of HWA.hax0r.news have been released. Issue #46 has an interview with dap co-founder of sSh (Sesame Street Hackers) responsible for many web site defacements and whose members include YTcracker and Darkness whom have hit several .gov, .mil and NASA sites.

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