Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2387-1001566963-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:06:07 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 32601 invoked by uid 510); 27 Sep 2001 05:04:08 -0000 Received: from n13.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.63) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 05:04:08 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2387-1001566963-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.1.224] by jj.egroups.com with NNFMP; 27 Sep 2001 05:03:51 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 27 Sep 2001 05:02:43 -0000 Received: (qmail 42381 invoked from network); 27 Sep 2001 05:02:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.26) by 10.1.1.224 with QMQP; 27 Sep 2001 05:02:42 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta1 with SMTP; 27 Sep 2001 05:03:50 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id WAA02095 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:03:50 -0700 Message-Id: <200109270503.WAA02095@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 22:03:50 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Police.fight.barrage.of.computer.hackers] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Police fight barrage of computer hackers By Nasouh Nazzal, Ras Al Khaimah, Gulf News, 9/26/2001 <a href="http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=27370">http://www.gulf-news.com/Articles/news.asp?ArticleID=27370> There were 5,000 attempts by professional hackers to invade the Dubai Police computer network in the two hours prior to a visit by General Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai and Minister of Defence, to the Officers Club on June 15, a senior officer has revealed. Issa Salem Al Jalaf, head of police Strategic Planning, said that by the time of Sheikh Mohammed's visit, when all car number plates had been stored in the network, hackers attempted to invade it. Al Jalaf, who is General Coordinator of Dubai e-government, said the full resources of the police and Emirates Telecommunications Corp (Etisalat) were used to foil the hackers. Al Jalaf was speaking at the Ras Al Khaimah Police Officers Club during a seminar on "The Security of Information and Computer Crimes". About eight per cent of the hackers are employed by UAE companies. Many of them planned post-graduate studies to become as professional as possible in their destructive activities, he said. Many UAE companies have lost billions of dirhams as a result of hacking. Yet the UAE does not have a law specifically banning hacking, although the Ministry of Justice is preparing one. Hackers are charged on the basis of laws dealing with comparable crimes, he said. Most large companies have no security systems to protect their computer files, and those which do have installed them haphazardly. Numerous companies have fallen victim to hackers, many of whom are thieves seeking financial gain. Others are spies, collecting national or industrial information. Others are company employees seeking revenge, and still others are motivated by a desire for notoriety, he said. The authorities should work with high-tech security companies, but only after laws upholding security of information have been adopted, he said. Nobody can create a 100 per cent secure network. It is only possible to make it difficult for hackers to gain access. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Pinpoint the right security solution for your company- Learn how to add 128- bit encryption and to authenticate your web site with VeriSign's FREE guide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yQix2C/33_CAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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