...and the subsequent media feeding frenzy... Don't believe the hype you are seeing in some of these press stories. If you have any news clippings of the Senate hearings from your local Also available is the full written testimony
, written by all 7 residents |
| Date | Source | Exposure |
| 05/25/1998 |
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InternetWeek ran a second article ... |
| 05/24/1998 |
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CMPTechWeb ran a descent article ... |
| 05/23/1998 |
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Something from Portugal. I ran it through AltaVista and got the
text below but if you speak portugees, try this
http://www.expresso.pt/ed1334/v-gente-fora.asp#v43. Otherwise, try this... The guards of the Internet I EXAGGERATE or reality? " We know as to paralyze the Internet in only half hour and, with a little more than money and of time, to interrupt all the transmissions for satellite ", affirmed one of seven "hackers" invited by a commission of the American Senate to explain the cunnings of the pirates of computer science. It was the moment of glory of a group of " hackers " of Boston, that they had appeared in dark facts and of necktie, badly disfarçando the its air of modern rebels. "Mudge" (in the photo) |
| 05/22/1998 - 5/31/1998 |
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Space the Imagination Station has been airing bytes on our testimony pretty heavily; enough that many people up there in the "Great White North" have mentioned it to us. We haven't actually seen it but supposedly it shows us testifying... |
| 05/22/1998 |
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National Public Radio's Science
Friday featured Mudge of L0pht vs. Tom Longstaff of CERT
in a debate over the Senate hearings. At first it looked like a setup with Mudge making
statements and leaving the show for CERT to pick him apart without challenge. But Mudge
called back in to set the record straight; L0pht gets the first and last word!
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| 05/22/1998 |
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PCWorld OnLine did a story ... |
| 05/22/1998 |
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InternetWeek with its first story on the Senate Hearings... |
| 05/21/1998 |
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LateNight with Conan O'Brian references our testimony in his nightly monologue! |
| 05/21/1998 |
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MSNBC's Meeks writes a story with an insightful perspective into our situation with the Senate. |
| 05/21/1998 |
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An Austrailian newspaper, The Age, ran a story[theage052198.html - MISSING] on our new claim to fame, taking down the net in under 30 minutes. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Rochester Democrat and Chronicle ran a front page article, "Pros: Net could be trashed in 30 minutes". Its rather good in overlooking the signifigance of counter-claims that the "unnamed experts" have made to just how easy it would be to take down the Internet. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The boys from Boston have to go to D.C. to do it but they finally make the news out in San Francisco. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, THE MIAMI HERALD INTERNET UNSECURE, HACKERS BOAST A Senate committee heard seven of the nation's top computer hackers claim Tuesday they could cripple the Internet in a half-hour. Given more time and money, they boasted, they could interrupt satellite transmissions or electricity grids and snoop on the President's movements. While Internet security experts said such claims might be highly exaggerated, testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee raised troubling questions for some about security of the nation's public and private com... |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS HACKERS DESCRIBE THREAT THEY POSE TEXT: A band of seven hackers told a Senate committee yesterday that they could bring down the foundations of the Internet in 30 minutes. Testifying under their Internet aliases - Mudge, Brian Oblivion, Space Rogue, Kingpin, Weld Pond, John Tan, and Stefan Von Neumann - the hackers said that by interfering with the links between long-distance phone carriers such as AT&T and MCI they could disrupt Internet service for a couple of days... |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, AKRON BEACON JOURNAL COMPUTER HACKERS TELL SENATE PANEL THE HAVOC THEY COULD QUICKLY WREAK INTERNET COULD CONCEIVABLY BE DOWN IN A HALF-HOUR. GAO ISSUES REPORT CRITICAL OF STATE, FAA. GLENN CALLS ELECTRONIC 'WARFARE' A THREAT TO NATIONAL SECURITY. A Senate committee heard seven of the nation's top computer hackers claim yesterday they could cripple the Internet in a half-hour. Given more time and money, they boasted, they could interrupt satellite transmissions or electricity grids and snoop on the president's movements. While Internet security experts said such claims might be hyperbole, testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee raised troubling questions for some about security of the nation's public and private computer... |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, ST. PAUL PIONEER PRESS 7 HACKERS CLAIM THEY COULD CRIPPLE INTERNET//TESTIMONY BEFORE PANEL RAISES TROUBLING QUESTIONS ABOUT SECURITY OF PRIVATE, PUBLIC COMPUTER NETWORKS A Senate committee heard seven of the nation's top computer hackers claim Tuesday that they could cripple the Internet in a half-hour. Given more time and money, they boasted, they could interrupt satellite transmissions or electricity grids and snoop on the president's movements. While Internet security experts said such claims might be hyperbole, testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee raised troubling questions for some about security of the nation's public and private compute |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, LEXINGTON HERALD-LEADER HACKERS TOUT ABILITY TO SHUT THE INTERNET WASHINGTON - A Senate committee heard seven of the nation's top computer hackers claim yesterday they could cripple the Internet in a half-hour. Given more time and money, they boasted, they could interrupt satellite transmissions or electricity grids and snoop on the president's movements. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Seattle Times prints an article on the hearing. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Denver Post prints two articles, one on the front page[DenverPost052098fp.jpg - MISSING] and one on page 15 of section A[DenverPost05209815a.jpg - MISSING]. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Herald Citizen of Cookeville TN, printed an article[herald_citizen20May98.jpg - MISSING] on the Hearing. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Pensecola paper, printed an article[pensecola.gif - MISSING] on the Hearing. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Published on 05/20/98, BOSTON GLOBE HACKERS RAISE SECURITY QUESTIONS WASHINGTON -- A Senate panel heard seven of the nation's top computer hackers claim yesterday they could cripple the Internet in a half-hour. While Internet security specialists said such claims might be hyperbole, testimony before the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee raised troubling questions for some about security of the nation's public and private computer networks... |
| 05/20/1998 |
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Even FOX News gets into the action with a story of their own... |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The NY Times thankfully, did not regurgitate the API Newswire either. They ran a more accurate story with the new perspective that hackers are not evil kids who invade your privacy. |
| 05/20/1998 |
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The Washington Times was more responsible than the post this morning not just regurgitating the API newswire story. The Times article hit some important points, early on in the press frenzy. |
| 05/19/1998 |
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ABC News ran both a television segment (hope to have more for you here soon) and a story on their web site the day of the hearing. |
| 05/19/1998 |
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CNN ran both an article on their website, as well as two television segments. The transcript of the first, segment is all we have right now. We hope to have some Quicktime clips available in the future. |
| 05/19/1998 |
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UPI ran a brief blurb on the event right after it happened. This was the start along with API and some more responsible services' stories. |
| 05/19/1998 |
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Of course CSPAN was there. CSPAN actually has 5 channels, of which CSPAN and CSPAN-2 are carried by most cable providers. Our entire, uninterrupted testimony was aired on one of the other three. We hope to make transcripts and/or Quicktime clips available at some point in the future. |
| 05/18/1998 |
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ZDNet's Annaliza Savage did a story just before the actual hearing. |
