Thursday, May 24, 2001

CERT subjected to "just another attack" The Web site of the federally funded Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT) was clogged by a "denial of service" attack that lasted 30 hours this week. CERT, which is located at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, has a mission of providing warnings about computer attacks and viruses. An official of the organization said: "We get attacked every day. This is just another attack. The lesson to be learned here is that no one is immune to these kinds of attacks. They cause operational problems, and it takes time to deal with them." [AP/*USA Today*, 24 May 2001; NewsScan Daily, 24 May 2001 http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-05-24-cert-hacked.htm] ["NewsScan" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 42] 0:00 # G!

FBI arrests dozens for Internet fraud The Federal Bureau of Investigation has in the past ten days charged 88 individuals with Internet crimes, including wire and mail fraud and money laundering. A government prosecutor said: "Internet fraud -­ whether it's in the form of securities and other investment schemes, online auction and merchandising schemes, credit card fraud and identity theft -­ has become one of the fastest-growing and most pervasive forms of white-collar crime." (Bloomberg News/*The Washington Post*, 24 May 2001; NewsScan Daily, 24 May 2001; http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A67744-2001May23.html) ["NewsScan" via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 42] 0:00 # G!