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contributed by Code Kid
Yesterday morning a "technical error" caused the email addresses of 24,000
visitors of Nissan's web site to be mailed to everyone on the list. The
people had provided their email addresses so as to receive more
information about the Xterra, a new Nissan sport utility vehicle. Instead
they received an email list with 24,000 names on it. Talk about a
spammers dream list.
C
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contributed by DESpair
Equifax Inc., the credit rating giant has said that it will soon start
selling credit information over the web making it easy for merchants to
verify the credit of potential customers instantly. Equifax says that this
new convience will hopefully help cut down on credit fraud. (Ed Note: It
will also make it much easier for employers, landlords, potential
girlfriends, etc to look up your credit history.)
Yahoo News
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contributed by Anonymous
The Illinois state legislature is attempting to pass a law that will
make it illegal to discuss Marijuana over the internet. It will become a
Class A misdemeanor to transmit information about a controlled substance
over the internet.
Wired
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contributed by thelonegunman
Your work email is just that, your works. A recent survey by the American
Management Association reveals that more and more employers are taking a
peek at their employees email, voice mail, and computer files.
Nando
Times
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contributed by erehwon
Using "not very sophisticated hacker tools'' downloaded from the Internet,
(probably Back Orifice, and L0phtCrack) Philip Loranger, chief of the
Command and Control Protect Division in the Army's Information Assurance
Office broke into a dialup .mil site and demonstrated just how easy it was
to turn on microphones and cameras. His intent was to show that not only
is the information stored on a system vulnerable but the entire room that
a PC is in is at risk.
Federal
Computer Week
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contributed by Space Rogue
Need a brief overview of Internet crime in Lebanon? With quotes from the
head of the Lebanese Internal Security Forces, this article takes a look
at the basics.
The Daily
Star
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contributed by Dave Shanley
As of April 10, 1999 HNC Networks, a UK based organization has joined
forces with EHAP (Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia) in their mission
against the exploitation of children.
EHAP
HNC
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contributed by Silicosis
There is a new book out called "Top Secret Intranet" and talks about the
"Intelink"
intranet used by the US Intelligence Community. Seems pretty hip;
written by an ex-NSA guy (infact the first book the NSA has actually
allowed an ex-employee to write). It even comes with a CD with demo
software & unclassified data, so you can perform fake searches and get the
feel for the system. Not sure if this book is directed at the spook
community, or
the IT community, but they talk about how the network was setup, what
worked, what didn't, why, etc.. How to deal with contractors, problems
with extending the network to other agencies, etc. Pretty good read and
worth checking out.
Top
Secret Intranet
Check out some of the other books in the HNN
Store
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contributed by Anonymous
Cracked
The following sites have been reported to us as cracked:
http://www.cd-worldwide.com
http://www.towngreen.com - again
http://www.winscene.net
http://www.sintek.net
http://www.eldoradokansas.com/
http://www.anuies.mx
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