Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4345-1011396587-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:31:09 -0800 (PST) Received: (qmail 3425 invoked by uid 510); 18 Jan 2002 23:29:52 -0000 Received: from n14.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.64) by all.net with SMTP; 18 Jan 2002 23:29:52 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4345-1011396587-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [216.115.97.188] by n14.groups.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Jan 2002 23:31:28 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_1_3); 18 Jan 2002 23:29:46 -0000 Received: (qmail 49303 invoked from network); 18 Jan 2002 23:29:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (216.115.97.172) by m2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with QMQP; 18 Jan 2002 23:29:46 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.98) by mta2.grp.snv.yahoo.com with SMTP; 18 Jan 2002 23:29:46 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g0INTsA22974 for iwar@onelist.com; Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:29:54 -0800 Message-Id: <200201182329.g0INTsA22974@red.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 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet 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: Fri, 18 Jan 2002 15:29:54 -0800 (PST) Subject: [iwar] [fc:Utilities'.Web.Sites.May.Aid.Terrorists] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Utilities' Web Sites May Aid Terrorists By Seth Borenstein, Philadelphia Inquirer, 1/18/2002 No URL available. WASHINGTON - Twice this week federal security agencies have warned city, county and state officials about possible terrorist attacks on American utilities, according to threat advisories. Officials fear that al-Qaeda members may be using government Web sites to help them develop future attacks. The advisories alerted transportation security agencies and police nationwide Tuesday and Wednesday to the possibility of an attack on power plants, dams and other facilities. Stepped-up security, especially at power plants, was urged in the advisories. One said the FBI had "received indications from around the country of multiple casings" of utility facilities. The advisories also urged the utility industry and state, county and city governments to scour their Web sites and remove information that could help terrorists. The advisory to transportation security agencies reported that terrorists "may be using U.S. municipal and state Web sites to obtain information on local energy infrastructures, water reservoirs, dams, highly enriched uranium storage sites, nuclear and gas facilities, and emergency fire and rescue response procedures." Transportation security officials wrote that al-Qaeda members also had sought information on central water-supply computers that run remote pumps, reservoirs and metering stations. The latest warnings about the Web sites of U.S. utilities stem from "uncorroborated and nonspecific information that terrorists may be using these Web sites," Gordon Johndroe, an Office of Homeland Security spokesman, said yesterday. Removing sensitive information from the Internet has been an issue for security officials since September's attacks. "This is something we have been doing for a while," Department of Energy spokeswoman Jeanne Lopatto said. "Many of our sites did remove materials" from the Web. But the Internet remains "the dummy's guide to terrorism," said Rob Housman, author of a security report for the energy industry that the law firm Bracewell & Patterson produced in November. "That these guys [al-Qaeda] are taking advantage of this is a real concern." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Sponsored by VeriSign - The Value of Trust Secure all your Web servers now - with a proven 5-part strategy. The FREE Server Security Guide shows you how. http://us.click.yahoo.com/uCuuSA/VdiDAA/yigFAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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