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E-Commerce Sting Nabs Satellite TV Pirates

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Hundreds of would-be satellite TV thieves who logged onto the Web to buy counterfeit satellite access cards instead bought themselves a whole lot of trouble, because the site was operated by the U.S. Customs Service as part of a sting operation.. . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 09, 2000

Attorney General Accused of Treason

US Representative James Traficant accused Attorney General Janet Reno of treason, sexual improprieties and ties to the mob Monday night on a Fox television news show. Supporters of Traficant say that the Congressman has been targeted by the Clinton White House . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 09, 2000

E-Sign rules open for comment

The Office of Management and Budget is looking for comments on draft guidance that will help agencies understand and use the new electronic signature legislation passed by Congress in June. . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 09, 2000

FBI And FBI Director Sued For Harassment

fThe former Director of the Office of Intelligence for the U.S. Department of Energy and Chief of Counter Intelligence from 1994 to 1998, Notra Trulock, is sueing FBI director Louis Freeh and the Federal Bureau of Investigation for harassment. Mr. Trulock . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 08, 2000

Who's Afraid of Carnivore? Not Me!

Recently, the FBI has become embroiled into the controversy surrounding its latest attempt to bring law enforcement into the Information Age. The "Carnivore'" project is the Bureau's attempt to collect information on electronic suspects and computer criminals in the dark reaches . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 08, 2000

Hackers linked to China stole Los Alamos documents

Computer hackers suspected of working for a Chinese research institute in Beijing stole large amounts of sensitive, but unclassified data, from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, The Washington Times reported.

Anthony Pell
Aug 05, 2000

IMC's Arresting Coverage

By the third day of the Republican National Convention, the desultory crews manning the much hyped Internet Alley are as bored and shiftless as the rest of the thousands of reporters swarming over the convention site in an attempt to report . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 05, 2000

White House dives into cybercrime debate

The Clinton administration formally waded into the cybercrime debate this week by forwarding a proposal to Capitol Hill that calls for enhancing law enforcement's ability to conduct wiretaps while creating new privacy protections. Justice Department officials sent what they call the . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 03, 2000

Reno to check on FBI Internet-wiretap system review

U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno vowed on Thursday to check on why it has taken so long to begin the review of the FBI's Internet-wiretap system called Carnivore, a programme that has raised privacy concerns. Reno said she has asked Justice . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 03, 2000

FBI yields on Carnivore code

The FBI agrees at the last minute to comply with a demand for more information about its Carnivore e-mail snooping system. A judge gives the agency 10 days. A federal judge on Wednesday ordered the FBI to set a timetable for . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 03, 2000

Digital signatures create market potential

It wasn't exactly John Hancock signing in a new era of American independence in a room full of colonial separatists. But when President Bill Clinton used a smart card last month to sign the digital signatures bill into law, he just . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 02, 2000

DISA taps 11 firms for info security

The Defense Information Systems Agency last week solidified the private sector's role in protecting the Pentagon's global information networks from cyberattack by awarding a $1.5 billion contract for a wide range of information security services.

Anthony Pell
Aug 02, 2000

Security limits Linux in government

The biggest threat to Linux becoming the software of choice in government circles is that there is no third-party verification, certification or evaluation of it, Linux devotees were told last month. The operating system also fails to meet Common Criteria . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 02, 2000

Europe to get tough on cybercrime

European politicians are to get tough on cyber villains by introducing new laws to combat kiddie porn, fraud, drug dealing and online terrorism.

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2000

Join Us, Don't Fight Us, Pentagon Tells Hackers

The largest-ever convention of computer hackers opened here on Friday with top-ranking U.S. military officials offering to hire the elite of the cybervandal world and put them to work defending against foreign government attacks. "I invite you to join the government, . . .

Anthony Pell
Aug 01, 2000

Fighting online leaks

When a classified CIA overview of the U.S. intelligence community appeared on the Internet this month, it raised serious questions in national security circles about how the Digital Age has popped the top off classified information.

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Cybercops Need Better Tools

Computer crimes are escalating at a rate consistent with the growth of the Internet, says Dominique Brezinski, technical guru at In-Q-Tel, a nonprofit technology incubator formed by the CIA.

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Pentagon scrutinizes handheld security

The Defense Department is conducting a top-down review of security concerning the use of personal electronic devices, including palmtop computers, certain pagers, cell phones and laptop computers. The review is part of a larger DOD effort to institute tougher security measures . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 31, 2000

Join the Navy, hack the world

This year's 'Meet the Fed' session at Defcon in Las Vegas became something of a government recruiting opportunity as US Assistant Defence Secretary for Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence Arthur Money appealed to an audience composed largely of ubergeeks, h4x0rz and . . .

Anthony Pell
Jul 30, 2000

U.S. Wants More Cybercrime Laws

More than 100 countries do not have the laws to deal with computer-related crime, undercutting efforts to battle a growing international threat, law enforcement officials said on Wednesday.

Anthony Pell
Jul 27, 2000

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