contributed by Brian and Ted
A hearing will be held today by a Joint Oversight Committee entitled "Internet Denial of Service Attacks and the Federal Response". The hearing will be held today at 2:00pm in room 2141 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Witness List - the last name on this list is rather interesting

Industry Says No New Laws
Today's Joint Oversight Hearing regarding the recent DDoS attacks are likely to result in industry leaders asking Congressional members not to pass more laws. Many industry leaders are more concerned about restoring online business quickly than enduring a protracted legal investigation.

San Jose Mercury News

contributed by Weld Pond
The French newspaper Le Monde has accused the CIA and NSA of creating a third super secret agency named Special Collection Service (SCS). The Le Monde claimed that this organization's role is to defeat various encryption technology to allow interception operations to succeed.

Le Monde - French
Cryptome - English Translation of Article

contributed by Weld Pond
Last Sunday's episode of 60 Minutes featuring a spot concerning Echelon prompted the NSA to draft a letter to Congress in an attempt to Spin any possible negative coverage. In response to that letter Representative Bob Barr from Georgia has drafted his own letter.

Letter from NSA to Congress
Letter from Barr to NSA

contributed by demetrius clinton
There is a rumor floating around the internet that Bananas from Costa Rica carry the "flesh-eating" bacteria called necrotizing fasciitis. While the email rumor is obviously not true it has prompted the Vice President of the International Banana Association (IBA) to label the action as "Internet Terrorism". (I think he should probably look up terrorism in the dictionary.)

APB News

contributed by Unprivileged user
Do the recent denial of service attacks really count as cyber terrorism or is it more closely related to cyber vandalism? How much money was lost by the companies involved and is that really worth $37 Million of our hard earned tax dollars?

Shift

contributed by Apocalyse Dow
The computers of of Sparkmedia and a Pacific Internet in Singapore where broken into on September 3, 1999. The perpetrator, a 15-year-old student, will most likely receive a sentence of probation as opposed to jail time due to his age.

The Staits Times

contributed by Alex
Two Swedish youths who had been accused of breaking into computers owned by NASA have received probationary sentences. One of the two intruders got additional sentencing for using stolen computer equipment and committing fraud, for using stolen Internet access accounts.

Hemsidan - Swedish