contributed by c0nd0r
Claiming a lack of security as the reason YTCracker has defaced the sites of NASA's Goddard Flight Center international page, the Bureau of Land Management's National Training Center, and the Defense Contracts Audit Agency. He claims the admins of the sites where warned beforehand of the vulnerabilities but chose not to patch the holes. (On Monday HNN will publish an exclusive article by YT Cracker about the reasons for his defacements.)

HNN Defaced Pages Archive
Wired

contributed by gladius
The "Electronic Communications Act 2000" was announced on the 19th of November. The bill now explicitly rules out key-escrow, and gives electronic digital signatures the same weight under law as signed printed papers.

Electronic Communications Act 2000

contributed by Weld Pond
The Chief Scientist for Zero Knowledge Systems, Ian Goldberg, has released beta versions of his doctoral thesis. The title of his thesis is "A Pseudonymous Communications Infrastructure for the Internet" which describes how Freedom by Zero Knowledge works.

Ian's Research Page
Zero Knowledge Systems

contributed by ewollensky
ParseTV, the weekly hack/phreak streaming video show, will be back on the air today (Wednesday). ParseTV went dark several weeks ago after the show's host Shamrock and the producer parted company. The show returns today with a new host and several guests. The show is scheduled to feature Dark Lord (Bruce Fancher), who will discuss the resurrection of MindVox, Izaac Falken, current co-host of Off The Hook, Sangfroid, who will give out information on Krystalia's untimely passing, and Cancer Omega, who will talk about the fine work being done by the Attrition Staff. The web site for ParseTV is still in a little bit of a mess and the show may not be available for streaming live at 4pm EST but it will definitely by archived for your viewing pleasure. (Wow, impressive, with this lineup of guests we may actually learn something from this new version of the show.)

ParseTV

contributed by pr0file
Attempting to divert attention away from its 'foreign donation' scandle the Conservative Party in England has called in Scotland Yard to determine if its bank accounts have been electronically manipulated. The party feels that details about its bank account recently published in the Times could have only come from 'hackers' inside the Royal Bank of Scotland. (Must have been those evil Hackers, couldn't have been an employee or someone fishing your bank statements out of the trash. There is no evidence that says otherwise so it must have been the evil hackers.)

BBC

Late Update: 141524NOV99EST
A much more realistic article has been publish regarding this story.

BBC

contributed by Evil Wench
A student at the Elk Island public school division east of Edmonton in Alberta Canada has been caught "trying to download hacking software". This article does not say if he was successful in his attempt or what he planned to do with the software or even what the software was. The student was charged by the RCMP with unauthorized use of a computer. (You seldom see ignorance levels this high.)

Edmonton Sun - Via Lexis-Nexis

contributed by Evil Wench
Two students at Southridge High School in Beaverton Oregon, have been accused of trying to overload the school's computer system with junk e-mail. They have also been accused of trying to break into the schools computer systems. The case has been referred to the Washington County juvenile justice department.

Yahoo News - Anyone have a better link for this?

contributed by Evil Wench
Four students at North View Secondary school in Singapore have been either fined or given probation for unauthorized Internet usage. After shoulder surfing the password from a teacher the four students used it to gain unauthorized access to the internet for up to five months before discovered. The Straights Times