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This site is still in Beta mode. You may notice periods of slow updates. Expect cool new features to appear soon.
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SSA and VA vulnerable to cyber attack.
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contributed by Space Rogue
Testimony in front of the Government Affairs Committee, chaired by Sen. Fred
Thompson (Tenn), found that the Social Security Administration and the
Department of Veterans Affairs have major security problems within thier
computer networks. Allowing possible intruders access to private medical
records and other information.
Federal Computer Week
And it gets worse as SSA employees sell private records to Credit Card Thieves.
Nando Times
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Neuromancer closer to reality.
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contributed by Space Rogue
Invisible Worlds Inc. has devised a way to create 3-D maps visualising the
relationship between computers and information.
Internet News
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contributed by Space Rogue
Finnally somone is telling the Government what hackers have known for years. Windows NT is not secure! At least when it comes to C2 compliance. Hopefully the Navy and others will wake up in time, before they spend billions of our money to install it.
MSNBC
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Found on slashdot.org
The creater of one of the most popular video games of all time 'Tetris' is dead at age 44 under very unusual circumstances.
San Jose Mercury News
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Found on slashdot.org
The internic's WhoIs database is being sold on CD to mass marketers.
ZD Net
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contributed by Space Rogue
A term coined by Tweety Fish of cDc at DefCon VI 'hacktivism' is starting to catch on. Wired has a big story on the rise of Hacking for political gain.
Wired - They link to HNN
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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
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Article on Phrack and Route
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contributed by Space Rogue
A decent article about the longest running Hacker ezine Phrack and its current editor Route.
The Detroit News
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contributed by Jordan
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 criminal.
The Child Online Protection Act (CDA II) requires web admins to limit access 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
Check to see if your congressman is a hypocrite.
TBTF - Cool Site
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Mexican government hacked.
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contributed by X-Ploit
Exclusive!
Early last 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 their 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.
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