Weird message from someone named "NIPC"

Declan McCullagh declan at well.com
Thu Jul 26 06:12:29 PDT 2001


Yes, clearly I was wrong and this must be the real thing. I urge you
to start an online campaign straightaway!

-Declan


On Thu, Jul 26, 2001 at 06:34:56AM +0000, John Ashcroft's Persecuting Penis wrote:
> 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!





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