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Policeman Resigns Over Database Leak
A POLICE officer resigned last year after illegally
passing on information from the Wanganui computer,
police revealed yesterday. The computer contains
criminal records and road licence information,
including addresses. Acting deputy commissioner
(resources) Superintendent Gavin McFadyen said the
information related to a motor vehicle and was
passed on to an individual. The officer concerned
resigned, precluding any disciplinary action, he said.
http://63.108.181.201/2001/03/09/DOMN/0000-3973-KEYWORD.Missing.html

Advance notice of Web site warning may have helped block attacks
Early warnings issued by the FBI to four vertical
industry groups about the continuing threat of Web
site break-ins by Eastern European organized crime
groups may have helped block thousands of copycat
attacks against banks and other companies doing
business online, according to security analysts.
The warnings, which were sent out at least 19 hours
before a public advisory that was released later,
demonstrated the importance of the role that the FBI
and its National Infrastructure Protection Center
(NIPC) can play in efforts to prevent cybercrimes,
said some analysts.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/13/advance.warning.idg/index.html

Police Commissioners Make Plans for Cyber-Cops
AUSTRALIAN and New Zealand police commissioners
have unveiled a strategy to combat the new breed
of electronic criminal. They said at the International
Policing Conference in Adelaide yesterday that
"cyber-cops" and "cyber-courts" were some of the
approaches that might have to be considered. New
Zealander Barry Matthews is to take over as head
of an Australasian police commissioners' committee
looking at ways to stamp out cyber-crime. Mr Matthews,
the West Australian police commissioner, will succeed
Australian Federal Police boss Mick Palmer as chairman
of the Electronic Crime Steering Committee.
http://63.108.181.201/2001/03/09/DOMN/0000-3967-KEYWORD.Missing.html

EC to launch Net crime forum in May
The European Commission is to launch an Internet crime
forum in May based on the UK's model of Net crime
fighting. The move has been welcomed by Britain's top
cybercop Detective Chief Superintendent Keith Akerman
who just last week was attacking EU data protection
laws for hindering police investigations. DCS Akerman
addressed an EC public hearing on cybercrime saying
that police had been unable to track down a 500 strong
child porn ring because ISPs were required to delete
all traffic data, unless it was required for billing
purposes. "These people used free ISP accounts, so
there's no billing, so the data's gone," he said.
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/17545.html

OFT highlights "lawbreaking" Internet traders
Over half the Web sites checked by the Office of Fair
Trading are failing to tell shoppers their legal rights
The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) warned consumers on
Tuesday that many e-commerce Web sites may be breaking
the law. The OFT recently carried out a "mystery surf"
of 637 Web retailers. It found that over half the sites
may have been breaking the law by failing to give any
information on their policies for exchanging or refunding
goods. In an attempt to combat this, the OFT has launched
a guide that tells shoppers their rights, whether they are
shopping online or on the High Street. Caroline Banks,
director of consumer affairs at the OFT, said the OFT was
committed to ensuring that shoppers understood the laws
that govern the Internet. "There are very few laws that
relate to ordinary purchases of goods and services which
do not apply to the Internet," she explained.
http://www.zdnet.co.uk/news/2001/10/ns-21529.html

Child Net protection act will be put to legal test
Two broad coalitions of civil liberties groups, library
associations, Web sites and individual library patrons
are planning to challenge a new federal law that mandates
the use of filtering software in schools and libraries
receiving federal grants for computers or Internet access.
The coalitions plan to file twin lawsuits in a
Philadelphia federal court on March 20. The Children's
Internet Protection Act, which Congress passed late last
year, requires schools and libraries to install
"technology protection measures" to shield minors from
adult content.
http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/internet/03/13/ACLU.net.filtering.idg/index.html

Distance learning needs copyright relief, schools say
A panel of educators said Tuesday that a proposed
modification to copyright law would make it easier
to include snippets of songs and movies in materials
for students who take classes over television or the
Internet. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Orrin
Hatch and Patrick Leahy, the top Democrat on the panel,
have introduced a bill that would exempt educators
from fees to use copyrighted materials in so-called
``distance learning'' programs, which reach students
in remote rural areas or part-time students studying
from home.
http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/news/tech/066871.htm

New security flaw could let hackers infiltrate networks
A security flaw found in most computer operating
systems could allow hackers to invade or disrupt
Internet-connected networks, warns a security firm.
But, analysts say the flaw is nothing new. The flaw,
discovered on Monday which was first reported by
Guardent, a Waltham, Massachusetts-based security
firm said that the flaw would allow hackers to
determine the identification number used by two
devices or computers when they set up a communication
session through the Internet.
http://www.ciol.com/content/news/repts/101031303.asp
[FC - this "NEW" flaw is actually a many year old flaw in TCP packet
sequence numbers - that was fixed (for example) several years ago
in most Linux systems through pseudo-random sequence numbers.  This
is a case of the press embracing perception management by a company
that doesn't seem to know very much.]

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