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.....
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.....
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

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......