contributed by Space Rogue
A term coined by Tweety Fish of cDc at DefCon VI 'hactivism' is starting to catch on. Wired has a big story on the rising of Hacking for political gain.
Wired - They mention HNN but don't link to us.

contributed by jkwilli
Members of a group calling itself Ethical Hackers Against Pedophilia tipped off State Police after finding numerous kiddie porn postings on newsgroups.
The Morning Call A PA newspaper.

contributed by Space Rogue
Hotmail is still vulnerable two weeks after the hole was found.
Wired

contributed by Space Rogue
58% of all computer breakins are being attributed to insiders.
The Industry Standard

contributed by Space Rogue
SSL not all that secure? By using Java to call a remote cgi, a secure pages security can be comprimised.
webdeveloper.com

contributed by Space Rogue
Netscape to combine with SecureWare Netwall to enhance security offerings
Internet News

contributed by Space Rogue
US News comes out with an article on the ease of Hacking in China. Mentions the Hong Kong Blondes. Oxblood from cDc gets a quote.
US News

contributed by Space Rogue
The Associated Press wire service sent out a pretty good story on Hackers. You may have seen it in your local paper, we have reports of it being in papers from New Hampshire to Fort Worth. Evidently a picture was sent with the story as well but I haven't seen it yet.

The Nando Times
The Detriot News Nice picture of Mitnick with this one.

And a related story The History of Hacking

contributed by Space Rogue
A decent article about the longest running Hacker ezine Phrack and its current editor Route.
The Detriot News

contributed by Space Rogue

The pentagon is considering changes to the information displayed on its web site. In an effort to prevent terrorists (Ed Note. There is that Hackers == Terrorists again) from gathering and data mining non classified information.
Federal Computer Week
CNN
Internet News
Nando Times
MSNBC

contributed by Space Rogue

Updated!

It seems hypocritical of the US Government to be releasing pr0n to the public (i.e. Kenneth Star Report) and at the same making such actions crimminal.

The Child Online Protection Act (CDA II) requires web admins to limit acces to material considered 'harmful to minors'. The House Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications has approved the bill by voice vote. Next week it is expected to go to the full Commerce Committee.

CNN

EFF

contributed by X-Ploit

Exclusive!

Updated!
Early Wednesday morning a hacking team known only as "X-Ploit" replaced the main page of a Mexican Government site. The X-Ploit Team is believed to consist of three hackers that use only the handles of LoTek, LeadRain, and DES as identification.
According to a boast on the hacked web page the X-Ploit team owns the entire gob.mx domain. They list several other Mexican government sites that they have hacked over the last year from the Secretary of Property and Public Credit to the Secretary of Health.
The hacked page stayed up on the hacked site for over six hours before it was replaced with original content.
The hacked web page declared the Internet territory, with its virtual borders, free from the yoke of corrupt and treasonous government. They ended the page with this quote "Mexico for Mexicans and the Internet for X-Ploit"
The site was back up early Thursday morning and was quickly hacked again. Shortly after that the site was unreachable. We have been unable to contact the Mexican authorities for comment.

The X-Ploit has granted HNN an exclusive interview. We have posted thier unaltered comments here[defaced/1998/mexico0998/xploit.html - MISSING]

Original Site Maybe off line or still hacked

HNN Archive of Hacked Page

AltaVista English Translation of Hacked Page Just hit the 'Translate' button on the next page.