June 27, 2004

Most Web Users Safe As Major Net Attack Slows CRN - A widespread attack on Web servers and sites continued Friday, but the Russian hacker site that was delivering malicious code to client machines has been shut down, removing - at least temporarily - the danger to users of Internet Explorer. 9:09:57 PM

US Awaits Conclusive Mad Cow Results ABC News - Government and beef industry officials urged consumers Saturday not to worry about the safety of meat as they await conclusive results of tests to determine whether the United States has a new case of mad cow disease. State-level agriculture officials, meanwhile, wondered whether the animal detected in preliminary tests was from their areas. Until more exacting tests are done, the Agriculture Department would not identify the animal, the state it came from or the facility in which it was killed. The follow-up process could take four to seven days, the department said Friday. 9:08:39 PM

Calif. Man Faces Fraud Charges Over Google Scheme Reuters -  A California man was arraigned on Thursday on federal extortion and wire fraud charges arising from a software program he claimed could allow spammers to defraud Web search company Google Inc. of millions of dollars, federal prosecutors said. 5:34:25 PM