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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