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British spy-agency file posted on Web
The British government is trying to remove what
it says is a top-secret spy-agency document posted
on the Internet over fears it could endanger the
lives of covert field operatives. The document,
titled "Libyan Intelligence Service activity in
the UK", which purports to contain details of
recent surveillance on Libyan intelligence officers
in the United Kingdom, was published April 16 on a
U.S. Web site. The document is believed to reveal
the identities of a number of covert MI6 and MI5
officers working in Libya. It is classified "Top
Secret Delicate Source UK Eyes A." The
classification "UK Eyes Alpha" means the document
is restricted even from cooperating intelligence
services such as the CIA.
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2555003,00.html
Cyber Sleuth Catches Crooks in Web of Deceit
Crime: District attorney's computer expert breaks passwords
and cloaks to track child porn and other offenses.
-Investigator Mike Thomas remembers staring at the
law enforcement logo flashing across his computer
screen during a computer training class years ago.
He studied it. It looked all right, he thought.
Then he spotted its secret. The computer programming
was written to show a law enforcement shield. But
under that image, another, more sinister one appeared.
It's a cloaking technique is used by child pornographers
to keep from getting busted. "It's amazing what
[criminals] will do to hide their files," said Thomas,
a Ventura County district attorney's investigator.
"You could be looking at an agency's seal, and it's
a drug list. But you'll never know unless you
understand the language."
http://www.latimes.com/editions/ventura/vcnews/20000424/t000038527.html
Piracy killing Thai software - watchdog
Piracy of intellectual property in Thailand is
the main factor thwarting the development of a
local software industry with its own products,
a global software industry official said on Tuesday.
Business Software Alliance (BSA) vice president
Huey Tan told Reuters there was a strong correlation
between stamping out piracy in Thailand, one of the
worst countries for the problem in the region, and
the growth of the software industry.
http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/040392.htm
Finally, an arrest: But how much damage do cyberattacks cause?
The Mounties always get their man or, when it
comes to hackers, their boy. Last week, Canadian
cops announced the arrest of a Montreal-area
15-year-old for disabling CNN's Web site on
February 8. The incident was part of a rash of
"denial of service" attacks that crippled Yahoo!,
eBay, and other Internet titans, leading to a
manhunt that stretched throughout the United
States, Canada, and Germany. The international
dragnet was spurred by damage estimates ranging
up to $1.2 billion. But critics charge that
companies and prosecutors regularly inflate
such numbers and that the Mafiaboy case is no
exception.
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000501/hacker.htm
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