On Jun 04, 1996 12:29:02, 'Dan Haskovec <dhaskove@ucsd.edu>' wrote:

Here's the reply I got from a friend that I forwarded it to....

and the verdict is... NetMYTH! I checked the cite in the article on cyberterrorism... no such article ran on 6/2/96 in the Times (London)... nor, in fact, in any newspaper available on Nexis... just thought I would let you know...

Gosh, Dan, your friend may want to double-check. After reading Winn Schwartau's post, I bought a copy of The Sunday Times here in NYC late Sunday in which the article led at the top of the Front Page. Be glad to fax anyone a copy who may want such, ahem, verification. E-mail me a number. However, I acknowledge that there is a chance that the TLAs, or Net security/info war consultants (like Schwartau, et al) planted the article, a fake to generate scare-funding and boost conference attendance. Or maybe it's a classic Brit joke, a spoof -- or a sting by the Intergalactic Net Police. Strange terrorist ripoffs happen -- incredible IPOs, vaporware millionaires, and such.