Weird message from someone named "NIPC"

[Jim Choate]

4. It's another one of those 'hahaha' virus trolls that has been going on
   for a while now.

And you guys are the 'techno-elite'....

On Thu, 26 Jul 2001, Declan McCullagh wrote:

> There seem to be three explanations.
> 
> 1. Tim is having some fun with us. It would be easy for him to do so, and
> NIPC (an FBI subagency) has been in the news today, with a WSJ article
> this morning posted to the list and a Senate hearing this afternoon.
> Tim's written similar things before and posted them straight-faced:
> http://www.politechbot.com/p-01332.html
> 
> 2. Someone is spoofing NIPC email and having fun with Tim.
> 
> 3. This really did originate from within NIPC and is a major
> cypherpunk intelligence find. The WSJ article
> (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02306.html) says NIPC has been hit by
> Sircam, which scans hard drives for email addresses in documents and
> mail archives, according to descriptions I've read. Reports say Sircam
> emails working documents (in My Documents or whatnot folder) and this
> could have happened.


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