PPN – Concepts of Echelon by Phonetap – November 07, 1999

PPN – Concepts of Echelon by Phonetap – November 07, 1999

The Phone Punx Network Presents--Phone Punx Magazine------Issue three----"We are the phony in telephony"November 07, 1999Last Updated: November 07, 1999http://fly.to/ppn(Mirror: http://worship.to/ppn)phonepunx@yahoo.com Contents ~Intro by Mohawk ~Beginners Guide to the DACS, Part One by BitError ~CallerID: Up close and Personal by hatredonalog ~DATUs - The Tool of the New Age Phreak: Part II by MMX ~Frequency Counters by Black Axe ~An Overview of Trunked Radio Systems by.....

Wired – Cracker launches attack on NASA. – November 23, 1999

Wired – Cracker launches attack on NASA. – November 23, 1999

The Web pages of three US Government agencies, including NASA's Goddard Flight Center, have been defaced by a cracker who is worried that US government security systems are vulnerable to cyberattack. The front pages of the sites for NASA's Goddard Flight Center international page, the Bureau of Land Management's National Training Center, and the Defense Contracts Audit Agency, on Wednesday were replaced with a page showing a cartoon of.....

CNN – Feds leave doors open for hackers. – December 22, 1999

CNN – Feds leave doors open for hackers. – December 22, 1999

(IDG) -- After repeated break-ins through the same door, a shaken business owner likely would get the message and buy a sturdy lock, a big dog or a loud alarm. But many agencies have failed to follow such common sense. Repeated intrusions of federal World Wide Web sites reveal that agencies are not adequately training their IT sentries to take advantage of readily available systems.....

HNN – The story of the great Y2K swindle…. – January 07, 2000

HNN – The story of the great Y2K swindle…. – January 07, 2000

The Setup What do billions of dollars, billions of useless books, and billions of prophetic statements have in common? If you guessed the infamous Y2K rollover, you are probably one of the millions of people who were informed of some global catastrophe set to take place the first of this year. There was not a paper in publication these last few years that didn't mention.....

Dallas Morning News – Hackers Expected to Test Computer Security. – December 29, 1999

Dallas Morning News – Hackers Expected to Test Computer Security. – December 29, 1999

Dec. 29 (The Dallas Morning News/KRTBN)--While Y2K wary Americans ring in the New Year with champagne and flashlights, computer hackers are set to celebrate with what security experts fear will be an unprecedented assault on computer systems across the globe. The potential assault, as described by hackers and federal law enforcement officials, is likely to include cybermischief as elemental as website defacement or the planting.....

Wired – Smells like Mean Spirit – February 09, 2000

Wired – Smells like Mean Spirit – February 09, 2000

10:50 a.m. 9.Feb.2000 PST Hackers, who pride themselves on Web attacks with a purpose, are scornful of the "packet monkeys" responsible for this week's attacks on Yahoo, CNN, and other high-profile sites. The cracker or crackers responsible for the attacks have been contemptuously dubbed "packet monkeys" because their exploits involve flooding a site with packets of information and, detractors say, betray a distinctly simian intelligence......

Fox News – FBI Narrows Hunt in Website Attacks – February 14, 2000

Fox News – FBI Narrows Hunt in Website Attacks – February 14, 2000

NEW YORK — U.S. investigators are focusing on a handful of potential suspects in last week's attacks on major Web sites, Internet security experts and hacker sources familiar with the investigation said on Monday. As experts traced the Web site blitzkrieg to a virulent new software program, Tribal Flood Network, used to break into computer networks, Internet security firms raced to offer updated programs to fend.....

The Gazette – Teen accused of raiding city Web site – May 10, 2000

The Gazette – Teen accused of raiding city Web site – May 10, 2000

A 17-year-old Colorado Springs boy was charged in juvenile court Tuesday with one count each of computer crime and criminal mischief after he broke into the city's Web site in October and replaced it with the message, "i love this city ytcracker 9d9 palmer high." The two felony charges carry a maximum penalty of two years of juvenile detention. The boy, known online as "ytcracker,".....