contributed by Code Kid
VallaH, one of the victims of the recent FBI raids, was a contractor for Microsoft working on Windows 2000 interoperability. Although he was not arrested and charges have not been filed against him he still lost his job. This of course raises the question of who is working where? Do employers really know the backgrounds of their employees? Is there anyway to tell?

MSNBC

contributed by McIntyre
With the focus of the FBI squarely on web page defacers are more serious criminals being overlooked? Are Scr1pt Kiddies really who the FBI should be worried about? Or should they be searching for cyber crooks whom you do not hear about, that stay in the shadows?

ZD Net

contributed by luyten
Two 17 year olds were arrested in their home by Norwegian police. Both of them have admitted to defacing the web page of Norway's biggest newspaper "Aftenposten". They replaced the main page with a graphic of three men urinating on the newspapers logo. The defaced page was visible for approximately one and a half hours. Both suspects risk getting a criminal record and being sued for a large amount of money from Aftenposten and Scandinavia Online (SOL) for their alleged losses.

Aftenposten- Sorry it is in Norwegian
HNN Defaced Pages Archive

contributed by riot
Students at Evergreen High School in Washington state paid a fellow student, Adam Jerome, $5 each to change their grades on the school computer. Mr. Jerome now faces a possible charge of computer trespass in the first degree, a Class C felony, for which a first time offender can receive as much as 90 days in jail. The purchasers of the grades, one of whom was the principals daughter, may be charged with being accomplices to a computer trespass. (I'm not even going to get into all the FUD and inaccuracies in this article)

The Columbian

contributed by s3cr3t
The International Law Enforcement Telecommunications Seminar (ILETS), a reportedly top secret international lobbying group made up of police officers and security agents from around the world, will attempt to convince New Zealand's government that it needs to filter the Internet. ILETS was founded by the FBI in 1993 to push for wiretap abilities in worldwide communications and has been heavily involved with the ENFOPOL 98 Affair

IDG News
Telepolis

contributed by Space Rogue
Several hacker conventions are either just around the corner or in early planning stages. Hope 2000, the third incarnation of the famous Hackers On Planet Earth do not have an official date or location yet, but they do have a webpage and it will probably be one of the biggest Hacker Conventions ever. DNSCON is shooting for its second year; to be held in Blackpool, England. WraithCon is planning on Kent University. Hit2000 has finnally announced a date in September. And don't forget the old standbys Defcon, Summercon and others that are just around the corner.

HNN Cons Page

contributed by SpaceRogue
We have made a few minor changes around the site. We have purged the Affiliates Page of dead and broken links. Thanks to Modify for helping out with that. We have also added several new banners to the HNN Affiliates Resources page. Feel free to add them to your site!

Affiliates Page

Oh, and not to toot our own horn but HNN has been seen in a quite a few places the last few days from TV to print to web. Here is one of the more interesting mentions. We will be updateing the HNN Press page shortly.

InfoWorld
HNN Press Page

contributed by Anonymous
Cracked
The following sites have been reported to HNN as being cracked.
http://www.jabby.com
http://www.pinnacleleadership.com
http://ce.hannam.ac.kr
http://www.contourconstruction.com
http://www.mrc.twsu.edu
http://www.opamerica2.com
http://www.utneza.edu.mx
http://www.tomas98.org.mx