contributed by Evil Wench and Turtlex
USA Today is claiming that 30,000 viruses will be launched over New Year's weekend. (Just where the hell did they get that number? 30,000? Damn talk about FUD, this article is full of it.)
USA Today

Here is another Y2K fear mongering story. This one claims a few dozen viruses with Y2K trigger dates have already been discovered. (I guess since everyone is playing down the Y2K computer problem itself the media needed something else as equally frightening to report on.)
Washington Post

For a more realistic view of the Y2K virus threat (if it can be called a threat) FoxNews has a much better more realistic article.
Fox News

contributed by Evil Wench
The SANS Institute is looking for help from network administrators to assist them in avoiding network attacks as the New Year arrives. SANS hopes that administrators around the world will report suspicious activity to them at intrusion@sans.org. SANS has created a real time notification system including a web page and email list.

Computer World
SANS Real Time Alert Page

contributed by Evil Wench
A previous employee of AOL was sentenced to one year in jail and banned from using a home computer for five years after he pleaded guilty to computer tampering at AOL. AOL would not elaborate on how access was gained or what effect that access may have had. AOL claimed that the intrusion caused damages worth $50,000.

USA Today

contributed by Turtlex
A Singaporean court has handed down five month jail sentence for defacing the Television Corporation of Singapore's Web site. The maximum penalty for a first time offender could have been three years in jail and a $5,880 fine.

Associated Press - via Nando Times

contributed by tradeser
A phreaking zine that is very technical, F41th has released Issue 11. This issue contains some great new technical articles on all sorts of ptsn stuff. Quadcon, the all Aussie zine, has released its second issue. This issue contains articles on securing new systems, ABA defacements, the effect of newly passed Australian censorship laws, and more.

F41th #11
Quadcon #2

contributed by Macki
Ramsey Electronics Raided?
The Web pages of Ramsey Electronics claim that a recent 'US Federal Government action' has forced them to stop selling wireless hobby and educational kits. Kits such as FM transmitters or their $6 wireless microphone kit. The rumor is that Ramsey and other electronic distributors, possibly including giants such as Tandy, where actually raided by the FBI and forced to stop selling these perfectly legal devices. If anyone has further confirmable information we would like to hear it.

2600 has a brief article
Ramsey Electronics order denied page
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