July 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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FBI: Keystone Gmen
by George＠Orwellian.Org 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

[ my email is really fucked right now, gawd only knows how many copies this single transmission will result in. apologies in advance. ] http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB99601609210000000.htm # # July 25, 2001 # # FBI Cyber Researcher Unleashes Virus # That E-Mails Private Agency Documents # # By TED BRIDIS # Staff Reporter of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # WASHINGTON -- A researcher in the Federal Bureau of Investiga # tion's cyber-protection unit unleashed a fast-spreading Internet # virus that e-mailed private FBI documents to outsiders -- all # on the eve of a Senate hearing into troubles at the unit. # # Although the Sircam virus didn't spread to other computers at # the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, it did send # at least eight documents to a number of outsiders. One, about # the investigation into an unrelated virus, was marked "official # use only." The Sircam virus has infected thousands of computers # since its discovery last week. # # FBI spokeswoman Deb Weierman said that no sensitive or classified # information about continuing investigations was disclosed Tuesday. # The "official use" designation protects documents from disclosure # under the U.S. Freedom of Information Act. # # It isn't uncommon for virus researchers to accidentally infect # their own computers, but the mistake was particularly embarrassing # because it occurred ahead of a Senate Judiciary panel's oversight # hearing about the FBI cyber unit's effectiveness. Lawmakers were # expected to focus on other agencies' failure to cooperate fully # with the FBI center, and on a perceived lack of trust between # the FBI and private-sector groups. # # The unit generally gets high remarks for its criminal # investigations, and even critics say the unit is more effective # than it was a year ago. "The effort here is not to embarrass # anybody but to stress that a lot of work has to be done," said # Republican Sen. Jon Kyl of Arizona. # # Meanwhile, the White House has begun organizing a new # early-warning network for Internet threats. But unlike the current # system, it will be coordinated by the Pentagon, not the FBI. # The mechanism for warning all U.S. military and civilian agencies # -- and ultimately corporations -- will be dubbed the Cyber-Warning # and Information Network, or "c-win." Organizers envision dozens # of computer centers that could sound an alert when a threat is # identified. # # The network is expected to begin operating in October. The FBI # unit, which currently relays these warnings, came under sharp # criticism from congressional auditors for issuing tardy alerts. # Ms. Weierman, the FBI spokeswoman, called the new network a # "useful mechanism" to offer the government a "technical capability # that doesn't currently exist." The FBI, she said, wasn't concerned # it would lose its warning responsibilities. # # Tuesday, at least three people said they received some of the # FBI documents, including a 23-year-old Internet-security expert # in Belgium, Niels Heinen. He operates a Web site that reports # on Internet break-ins and speculated that the analyst, Vince # Rowe, visited the site on the infected computer. Mr. Rowe didn't # respond to a request for comment.

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by Aloha700 25 Jul '01

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by Aloha700 25 Jul '01

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by Aloha700 25 Jul '01

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Antigen found W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus
by ANTIGEN_BAMBI 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

Antigen for Exchange found Comprimise.doc.com infected with W32/Sircam-A (Sophos) virus. The file is currently Removed. The message, "Comprimise", was sent from owner-cypherpunks(a)sirius.infonex.com and was discovered in IMC Queues\Inbound located at Cognex/Natick/BAMBI.

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RE: Air Force Turns 747 Into Holster for Giant Laser (washingtonp ost.com)
by Petro 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

At 1:43 AM +0300 7/24/01, Sampo Syreeni wrote: >But I also think the question Choate posed is a valid one: what happens when >the target is *not* a ballistic missile, but people, equipment and vehicles >on the ground, normal aircraft, or air-to-air missiles? One would think that >the lower velocity differentials and expected distance-to-target make aiming >much easier, and that effective counter-measures would be significantly more >difficult to erect, considering that such conventional targets have >properties very different from those of ballistic missiles (e.g. aircraft >raise questions of aerodynamics and payload efficiency, wearable materials >with albedos high enough are difficult to come up with, rotation and >aerodynamic engineering cannot be used to dissipate the heat generated by a >hit, people/cars/tanks/whathaveyou often need to be difficult to spot using >aerial and satellite imaging, and so on). > >Such weapons capability could be *quite* useful, especially if the 747 can >be effectively defended against anti-aircraft missiles, and the laser has a >range and targeting capability on par with anti-ballistic missile >applications. Hits on critical infrastructure, control over a nation's >airspace, death-from-above FUD, that sort of thing. > IANALS (laser specialist), but I am given to understand that with the high energy demands of these types of lasers, and the problems with getting good energy levels through airborne dust, clouds, etc (and especially in combat areas where dust and other airborne particles are rather common) make lasers less than ideal against ground or low flying targets. Against high flying aircraft, you may be right.

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The Martian Private-Socialist-Anarchist
by Jim Choate 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

http://www.marsanarchy.org/MarsPrivSocAnarch.htm -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Nature and Nature's laws lay hid in night: God said, "Let Tesla be", and all was light. B.A. Behrend The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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by Millennium Shape Up 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

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Rallies on Monday
by Len Sassaman 25 Jul '01

25 Jul '01

http://www.boycottadobe.com/pages/rallies.html is now the home for the rally announcements. If you're planning on attending one, please visit this page for info. If you're holding one, please let us know so we can add it to the page. Thanks! -- Len Sassaman Security Architect | Technology Consultant | "Let be be finale of seem." | http://sion.quickie.net | --Wallace Stevens

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