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TOP STORIES FOR WEDNESDAY, APRIL 13, 2005
   NSF to Fund Computer Security Research Center
   Entertainment Industry Targets Internet2 Users
   Music Industry Steps Up Lawsuits
   LexisNexis Discloses More Data Losses


NSF TO FUND COMPUTER SECURITY RESEARCH CENTER
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a $19 million grant
to create a technology center to study cybersecurity. The project,
called the Team for Research in Ubiquitous Secure Technology (TRUST),
will be led by the University of California, Berkeley, and will receive
the funds over five years. Other higher education institutions
participating in the project include Carnegie Mellon University,
Cornell University, Mills College, San Jose State University, Smith
College, Stanford University, and Vanderbilt University. S. Shankar
Sastry, professor of computer sciences at Berkeley and director of
TRUST, said, "The cybersecurity community has long feared that it would
take an electronic Pearl Harbor for people to realize the scale of
disruptions possible from a concerted attack by terrorists." The TRUST
project will conduct research into computer security in a variety of
industries, specifically addressing the integration of technologies
among "critical infrastructures."
New York Times, 12 April 2005 (registration req'd)
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-7349_3-5666782.html

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY TARGETS INTERNET2 USERS
Organizations representing record companies and movie studios announced
this week they will begin filing copyright infringement lawsuits
targeting users of i2hub, a file-sharing system that lets users
exchange data over Abilene, Internet2's high-speed research network.
Because of the network's speed--and a belief among some users that
their actions on i2hub could not be detected by the entertainment
industry--students on a number of Internet2 campuses have engaged in
widespread illegal file trading, according to Cary Sherman, president
of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The RIAA said
it will file suits against 405 of what it described as the most
egregious violators at 18 campuses. The trade group also sent letters
to the presidents of 140 other colleges and universities, indicating
what it sees as rampant abuse of the Internet2 network for trading
copyrighted songs and movies and asking those institutions to work to
limit activities that "violate the law and [their] own Acceptable Use
Policies." The Motion Picture Association of America also said it will
file similar suits but declined to say how many. Officials from
Internet2 acknowledged that trading unlicensed material over its
network violates its policies and those of its member institutions.
Greg Wood, spokesperson for Internet2, said the group has been working
with member institutions on technologies that support effective and
legal uses of the network.
Chronicle of Higher Education, 13 April 2005 (sub. req'd)
http://chronicle.com/prm/daily/2005/04/2005041302t.htm

MUSIC INDUSTRY STEPS UP LAWSUITS
Efforts to stem illegal file trading were ratcheted up this week with
announcements about new rounds of lawsuits against individuals accused
of piracy. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry
said it plans to file 963 lawsuits in 11 countries in Europe and Asia,
representing the largest single action against file traders. Meanwhile,
the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) said it will file actions
against 33 users in the United Kingdom. Previously, the BPI has filed
suits against 57 individuals, some of whom have reached settlements
with the organization. Geoff Taylor, general counsel of the BPI, said
his group has warned users repeatedly that illegal file trading will
not be tolerated and that those found guilty will have to pay.
BBC, 12 April 2005
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4436223.stm

LEXISNEXIS DISCLOSES MORE DATA LOSSES
LexisNexis this week revealed that much more personal information was
exposed to identity thieves than reported in estimates released last
month. Information including Social Security numbers for 310,000 U.S.
citizens was exposed--nearly 10 times the 32,000 previously announced
by company officials. According to LexisNexis, the data were
compromised in a total of 59 separate incidents over the past two
years, most of them at subsidiary Seisint, which LexisNexis bought in
July 2004. A spate of data breaches lately has prompted the U.S.
Congress to hold hearings on problems affecting the data-brokerage
industry and to propose regulations that would add strict controls on
the collection and sale of personal information. Sen. Charles Schumer
(D-N.Y.) said, "When a company like LexisNexis so badly underestimates
its own ID theft breaches, it is clear that things are totally out of
hand."
Reuters, 12 April 2005

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