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Subject: [iwar] Historical posting
Date: Sun, 5 Mar 2000 14:15:01 -0500
From: "Peter G. Neumann" neumann@c... Subject: Aum Shinri Kyo affiliate develops Japanese government software
An affiliate of Aleph, the cult formerly known as Aum Shinri Kyo (known for its nerve gas attacks in Tokyo subways), has apparently been a subcontractor on Japanese Defense Agency contracts for the development of a secure communication network, and is suspected of planting a security trapdoor. Police notified the Agency the day before operation was scheduled to begin. The company also developed software for the Construction Ministry, the Posts and Telecommunications Ministry, the Education Ministry, and NTT (among others). This discovery follows on several recent attacks on Japanese government Web sites, whose attackers were not identified. [Source: Doomsday Cult Linked to Government, 29 Feb 2000, courtesy of John Lowry. http://library.northernlight.com/EB20000229590000030.html?cb=0&dx=1006&sc=0#docPGN-ed]
Date: Wed, 08 Mar 2000 13:21:23 PST
From: "Peter G. Neumann" neumann@c... Subject: Risks of Web information on heart attacks
The following letter appears on the Rochester General Hospital Web site [http://www.viahealth.org/via_news/99_news/99_august_news/heartattack.htm]
Important Notice Regarding the article
"How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone."
Hundreds of people around the country have been receiving an e-mail chain
letter entitled "How to Survive a Heart Attack When Alone." This article
recommends a procedure to survive a heart attack in which the victim is
advised to repeatedly cough at regular intervals until help arrives. The
source of information for this article was attributed to ViaHealth
Rochester General Hospital. This article is being propagated on the
Internet as individuals send it to friends and acquaintances - and then
those recipients of the memo send it to their friends and acquaintances,
and so on. We can find no record this was produced by Rochester General
Hospital. Furthermore, the medical information listed in the article can
not be verified by the medical literature. Please help us combat the
proliferation of this misinformation. We ask that you please send this
e-mail to anyone who sent you the article, and please ask them to do the
same.
Sincerely, John Turner,
Director of Public Relations ViaHealth Rochester General Hospital