[iwar] Historical posting


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[FC - A lot of perception management going on these days...]

AOL reports alleged terrorist threat in chat room
A New Jersey man was arrested by federal agents after
he allegedly posted a message in an America Online chat
room threatening to leave a van filled with explosives
in a tunnel leading to New York City. Renato DeSousa
Flor was arrested yesterday by members of the Joint
Terrorism Task Force after AOL alerted the force about
the posting of the threat in a chat room. The message
was sent using an AOL email account.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-1504779.html

Internet Well Guarded For Y2K Attacks
New Year's weekend would not be a good time to try
to take down the Internet, said the nation's Y2K
chief on Thursday. The nation's industries and
government agencies are on heightened alert to
system vulnerabilities with the year 2000 date
changeover. The Internet is critical, not only
to many industries, but to the economy in general
for commerce and communications. Twenty-five
information security companies and organizations
have formed the Y2K Cyber Assurance National
Information Center to track the Internet during
the rollover.
http://techweb.com/wire/story/TWB19991223S0002

As New Year nears, threat of Net attack program mounts
A new and potentially more dangerous version of an
Internet attack program has been posted just in time
for the holidays, and another is on the way. A new
version of a malicious program called the Tribe
Flood Network (TFN) is more powerful and harder to
detect than an earlier version, according to experts.
And an updated sister program called Trinoo is due
to be released next week. Few incidences of their
use have been publicly acknowledged, but experts
are warning sites to prepare against attacks that
may coincide with New Year's. Widely anticipated
problems owing to the Y2K computer glitch may
provide cover for other mischief.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-1504709.html

Computer viruses 'poised for ambush' on New Year's Day
Millennnium bug viruses may have infected computers,
where they will lie dormant until 1 January, after
which they will wreak havoc when the machine is next
switched on. The warning about "millennium bug viruses"
has come from a number of companies that write
"anti-virus" software. They say they have detected
half a dozen such viruses, transmitted via e-mail,
and that more may already have been sent.
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/Digital/Update/milbug231299.shtml

ACLU Sues Over Effort to Ban Y2K Video
The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit
against top law enforcement agencies for trying to ban
an online fictional video about a supposedly secret
plot by the U.S. military to spark a race riot in
Times Square on New Year's Eve.
http://www.apbnews.com/newscenter/internetcrime/1999/12/22/videosuit1222_01.html

FC