[iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 05/16/02 (fwd)

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Subject: [iwar] [NewsBits] NewsBits - 05/16/02 (fwd)
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May 16, 2002

Feds Out-Hack Russian Hackers Even for the FBI, it was an audacious
sting, reports CBS News Correspondent Wyatt Andrews.  With the help of
some new computer spying software, FBI agents were able to out-hack a
pair of Russian hackers who had stolen thousands of credit card numbers
to make purchases on Ebay and then defraud Pay Pal, the leading online
bill payer. 
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/05/14/eveningnews/main508953.shtml

DOD tightening security buys In an effort to improve the security of the
commercial software it buys, the Defense Department beginning in July
will restrict its purchase of information assurance products to those
certified by the National Information Assurance Partnership. 
http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0513/web-niap-05-16-02.asp

[FC - Note that according to:
	http://niap.nist.gov/cc-scheme/ValidatedProducts.html

This restricts the federal government to a total of 16 US products and
16 non-US products.  None of them include a virus scanner, and yet virus
scanners are mandatory in many federal systems. The process essentially
limits applications to companies of considerable size and since no
modern operating system has a hope of meeting the requirements today,
computer acquisitions may be seriously impacted.]


World leaders use terror card to watch all of us.  Forever
Pronouncements from this week's G8 Justice and Interior Ministers
meeting about data protection and the retention of Internet traffic data
have created concern among privacy activists.  Controversy centres
around whether blanket retention of traffic data on the entire
population should be permitted (effectively making every Internet user
susceptible to continuous surveillance of their online activity), or
whether data should only be recorded on specifically designated targets
or groups.  Although the G8 refers to September 11 and terrorism as
justification for data retention, there is no proposal to limit the use
of data to terrorist cases. 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/25311.html

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