Tuesday, September 25, 2001

Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act Hackers face life imprisonment under 'Anti-Terrorism' Act; Justice Department proposal classifies most computer crimes as acts of terrorism By Kevin Poulsen, 23 Sep 2001 Hackers, virus-writers and web site defacers would face life imprisonment without the possibility of parole under legislation proposed by the Bush Administration that would classify most computer crimes [and maybe noncrimes (PGN)?] as acts of terrorism. The Justice Department is urging Congress to quickly approve its Anti-Terrorism Act (ATA), a twenty-five page proposal that would expand the government's legal powers to conduct electronic surveillance, access business records, and detain suspected terrorists. [See http://www.securityfocus.com/news/257 for the full item. PGN] [Monty Solomon via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 67] 0:00 # G!

All public hospitals in Gothenburg Sweden Crippled by nimda The hospitals in "Västra Götaland" sweden (west coast, population 1M) were isolated fron Internet during 23 Sep 2001. Some of internal networks had to be partitioned to prevent nimda spreading further. Reservations and computer-based medical records were unavailable. http://www.vgregion.se The fact that a hospital chain has so relaxed security is amazing. It's also amazing that whole organizations are kept hostage of a vendor that's not even cost-effective. What would happen in case we get a *real* threat to security?? Peter Håkanson, IPSec sverige, Bror Nilssons gata 16 Lundbystrand S-417 55 Gothenburg Sweden "Safe by design" +46707328101 peter@ipsec.nu [Peter Håkanson via risks-digest Volume 21, Issue 67] 0:00 # G!