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Activists target U.S.  surveillance system A group of Internet activists
hopes to bring attention to the controversial U.S.-led communications
spy network Echelon with a "Jam Echelon Day." But privacy experts say
the protest as planned will have a minimal effect on the sophisticated
surveillance system.  Organizers of the cyberevent, set for Oct.  21,
are encouraging the Internet community to send out as many e-mail
messages as possible containing certain "trigger words" they believe the
Echelon system is programmed to watch for.  The theory is that if the
bulk of monitored e-mails becomes too great, Echelon will be overworked
with intercepting spurious input, and so its effectiveness will drop. 
Though, the organizers concede, they are unlikely to jam the whole
system, they believe it's still worth pressing ahead. 
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-6687430.html
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t269-s2092039,00.html

Huge identity theft uncovered Files with Social Security and driver=92s
license numbers pasted in chat room; possible link to cell phone
applications.  Key personal data belonging to hundreds of individuals
have been shared in an Internet chat room, in what one expert says could
become one of the largest identity theft cases ever.  The data include
Social Security numbers, driver=92s license numbers, date of birth and
credit card information =97 everything a criminal would need to open an
online bank account, apply for a credit card, even create the paperwork
necessary to smuggle illegal immigrants. 
http://www.msnbc.com/news/604496.asp

SirCam hits FBI cyber-protection unit A researcher in the Federal Bureau
of Investigation's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading
Internet virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders-- all on
the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit.  Although the
Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at the FBI's National
Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send at least eight documents
to a number of outsiders.  One, about the investigation into an
unrelated virus, was marked "official use only." The Sircam virus has
infected thousands of computers since its discovery last week. 
http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2798011,00.html

Senator criticizes FBI's computer security center In her first hearing
as chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Technology, Terrorism, and
Government Information Subcommittee, California Democrat Dianne
Feinstein on Wednesday criticized the FBI's National Infrastructure
Protection Center (NIPC).  Citing a General Accounting Office report she
had commissioned and that was released at the hearing, Feinstein said,
"The GAO report generally confirms problems identified by critics of the
NIPC."
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0701/072601td1.htm
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168347.html

Thailand Moves To Crack Down On Web Content Thailand's National IT
Committee (NITC) has announced measures for Internet service providers
(ISPs) to tackle what it considers inappropriate content on Web sites. 
Thailand government telecom agencies, the Communications Authority of
Thailand and the Telephone Organisation of Thailand, have been
instructed to draft a letter to all ISPs and telecom operators to
standardize the time on their system clocks.  This will help with
information tracking, according to the committee. 
http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/168353.html

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