Tim May forwarded SirCam output: # # Michael Vatis, deputy assistant director and chief of the Federal # Bureau of Investigation's National Infrastructure Protection Center # (NIPC) created February 26, 1998, told the Senate Judiciary # Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology and Government Information June # 29 that 'crypto anarchists" see Washington's computers as "the final # exam, the ultimate challenge, the enemy which must be destroyed." # Agents are advised to seek out means of forcing these persons out of # the public debate. Declan the Wired Reporter wrote: # # Now that I've actually read through some of # what Tim posted, I think it's clear what it is. # # Hint: Vatis wasn't in charge of NIPC by June 29 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Declan, this IS REAL STUFF. June 1998 !!! http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/12915.html # # US' 'Soft, Digital Underbelly' # Reuters # # 1:10pm 11.Jun.98.PDT # # WASHINGTON -- The head of a new US cyber law-enforcement agency # says a half dozen substantial attacks have been launched against # government computer systems since February. # # "A good percentage of the incidents we see ... involve [the # Department of Defense], because DOD is such a prime target for # even individual hackers who want to test their skills," said # Michael Vatis, the chief of the National Infrastructure Protection # Center of the FBI. "They see the Department of Defense as the # big banana, the final exam, the ultimate challenge to test their # skills." The casual (or otherwise) surveillance of cypherpunk traffic has now backfired in conjunction with this virus-trojan! What wonderful things did Tim May get and flush, not knowing the potential??? Tim, quick send Declan, JYA, and me a text extract! HOT DAMN!!! # Agents are advised to seek out means of forcing # these persons out of the public debate FUCKING FEDS!!! # The take-down is being planned for maximal public impact, # as per AG Ashcroft's memo of 24JUN01. Let them have it with both barrels, Declan!