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Nation's cyberspace chief warns of `digital Pearl Harbor'
The nation's top cyberspace official Friday called
on the next president to shore up the government's
computer security to prevent a ``digital Pearl Harbor.''
``What this presidential election year showed is that
statistically improbable events can occur,'' Richard
Clarke of the National Security Council said at a
Microsoft-organized conference. ``It may be improbable
that cyberspace can be seriously disrupted, it may be
improbable that a war in cyberspace can occur, but it
could happen.''
http://www0.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/031212.htm

Alliance needed for security war?
A =93digital Pearl Harbor=94 might be in the offing for
the U.S. government =97 or even more likely, Internet
companies. So technology leaders in industry and
government need to immediately set aside their
competitive differences and begin swapping war
stories. That was the message delivered to hundreds
of industry experts who gathered on Microsoft=92s
campus this week, summoned there by Bill Gates to
explore the twin issues of online privacy and security.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/500363.asp

Computer virus disguised as vaccine
A domestic computer security firm yesterday warned
against a new malicious program that travels via
e-mail disguising itself as a free update of its
virus-fighting program. Dr. Ahn's Laboratories said
the "Trojan Horse" virus arrives as a new version
of its trademarked V3 anti-virus program and, upon
its attached file "V3update.com" being opened, it
would erase all the data on the target computer's
hard disk. The police's cyber investigation team
is currently investigating the cases. The infected
message says it is sent from Ilchi.net, though the
firm says it never dispatched such a letter.
http://www.koreaherald.co.kr/SITE/data/html_dir/2000/12/09/200012090043.asp

German officials warn of Net 'Big Brother'
German officials in charge of protecting personal data
freedom are warning of a threat to Internet users'
privacy rights if the country approves a proposal to
require Internet service providers to track and store
data on Net surfing. Germany's Conference of Interior
Ministers proposed the legislation last month. "It's
as if the interior ministers had demanded that all
the data about postal traffic =96 senders, addressees,
postmarks, etc. =96 must be stored," Werner Kessel,
commissioner for data protection in the state of
Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania, said Wednesday.
http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/12/08/big.brother.idg/index.html

Battling =91cyber-slackers=92 at work
Recent studies report 36 percent of workers use the
Internet at work for personal reasons, businesses and
government agencies lose an estimated $52 billion a
year in lost productivity due to online games, and 13
percent of all workers believe the Internet makes it
harder to focus on work. No wonder there=92s a growing
industry out there figuring out ways to keep
cyberloafers away from the Web while at work.
http://www.msnbc.com/news/500581.asp

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