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Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2001 22:23:33 -0800 (PST)
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'Cyberwars' bring real-world conflict to the Web
Regional conflicts may find global casualties in
the so-called cyberwar. The latest conflict between
Israel and the Palestinians is now in its fifth
month. At press time, the war had claimed more than
350 lives (mainly Palestinian), with as many as
10,000 injured. Meanwhile, the parallel cybercampaign
being waged by both sides suggests that future regional
conflicts will play in a global theater. In essence,
every company online represents a potential target.
"It's like a guerrilla war with all types of
combatants," says Ben Venzke, manager of intelligence
production at the private Internet security consultancy
iDefense. "We're seeing everything from unsophisticated
defacements being done by teenagers, to known terrorists
plotting attacks. Unity [a Palestinian umbrella group]
has recruited a group of IT professionals and admins
called the Iron Guards, and they are very sophisticated
in what they can do."
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2687046,00.html
Computer hacking comes under government scrutiny with new terrorism act
Computer hackers could be classed as terrorists
under a UK law that came into force today.
The Terrorism Act 2000 is designed to prevent
dissident political groups from using the UK as
a base for terrorism and recognises a new threat
from cyberterrorists for the first time. But the
Act also significantly widens the definition of
terrorism toinclude those actions that "seriously
interfere with or seriously disrupt an electronic
system". According to the Act this only applies
to actions "designed to influence the government
or to intimidate the public", but it will be up
to police investigators to decide when this is
the case. The Act gives police the power to
detain suspects for 48-hours without a warrant.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/7/ns-21060.html
Why is the Pentagon Snooping on School Kids?
Privacy advocates are demanding that the Department
of Defense explain why it has purchased a database
detailing the Web-surfing habits of school kids.
In January, the Wall Street Journal broke the story
that the Pentagon had bought the database, called
Class Clicks, from a Seattle-based company called
N2H2. The Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC) has filed a Freedom of Information Act request
demanding to know what the government intends to do
with the data. Thursday is the due date for the
Pentagon to respond. "Without getting too far ahead
of things, this could turn out to be one of the big
cyber-rights stories of the year," said Marc Rotenberg,
executive director of EPIC.
http://www.techtv.com/news/politicsandlaw/story/0,23008,3312128,00.html
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