Educational CyberPlayGround Nethappenings Headlines and Resources 5/25/06

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Greetings,

These are the most interesting headlines
I've been reading since Tuesday.

Have a great weekend.

enjoy,

<Karen>



1)
Agency Delayed Reporting Theft of Veterans' Data
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/24/washington/24identity.html
By DAVID STOUT and TOM ZELLER Jr.May 24, 2006
WASHINGTON, May 23 - The Veterans Affairs Department learned about the
theft of electronic data on 26.5 million veterans shortly after it
occurred, on May 3, but waited two weeks before telling law
enforcement agencies, officials said Tuesday.
The officials said investigators in the Justice Department and the
Federal Bureau of Investigation were furious with the leaders of the
veterans agency for initially trying to handle the loss of the data as
an internal problem through the agency's inspector general before
coming forward.
Officials said the investigators in the Justice Department and F.B.I.
had complained that the delay might have cost them clues to the
whereabouts of the data, stored on computer disks that were stolen in
a burglary on May 3 at the home of an agency employee in Maryland.


Public Safety reports computer security breach
http://www.udel.edu/PR/UDaily/2006/may/breach052306.html
A recent security breach involving a University of Delaware Department
of Public Safety computer server has resulted in the possible exposure
of names, Social Security Numbers and driver's license numbers.
James J. Flatley, UD director of public safety, said the breach
consisted of an intrusion into the server that hosts the department's
main records management system.

2)
MPAA accused of hiring a hacker
<http://news.com.com/MPAA+accused+of+hiring+a+hacker/2100-1030_3-6076665.html>
The Motion Picture Association of America hired a hacker to steal
information from a company that the MPAA has accused of helping
copyright violators, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday.
The lawsuit (click for PDF [1]), filed Wednesday in U.S. District
Court for the Central District of California by Torrentspy.com parent
Valence Media, doesn't identify the man the company says was
approached by an MPAA executive. But the suit calls the man a former
associate of one of the plaintiffs who was asked to retrieve private
information on Torrentspy.com, a search engine that directs users to
download links.
Among Torrentspy's claims are that the man who the MPAA allegedly paid
$15,000 to steal e-mail correspondence and trade secrets has admitted
his role in the plot and is cooperating with the company.

Public Information about P2P tools.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Public_Education.html

3)
Microsoft advises users to switch Word to 'safe mode'
<http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9000732>
Microsoft Corp. is advising Word users to run the application in "safe
mode" to help guard against a Trojan program that surfaced recently,
although security experts today said there still appears little cause
for alarm.

4)
Teenage Hacker Could Face Prison Time
<http://www.wxyz.com/wxyz/nw_local_news/article/0,2132,WXYZ_15924_4720282,00.html>
A hacker crippled thousands of computers at dozens of local schools,
and police say a teenage student was responsible for it all.
18-year-old David Randall could go to prison for up to 5 years. There
is a good chance that he won't be graduating high school because he is
currently suspended.
Police say he hacked into the computer system of the Wayne/Westland
schools. He crashed the entire system, shutting down 5,000 computers
in 29 buildings, and police say he did it dozens of times between
March 6th and May 5th.

5)
Cyber-crime unit at FIA planned
http://www.dawn.com/2006/05/24/top18.htm
ISLAMABAD, May 23: The government is establishing a cyber-crime unit
in the Federal Investigation Agency headquarters, Minister of State
for Interior Zafar Iqbal Warraich said on Tuesday. During his first
visit to the headquarters, Mr Warraich said his ministry would help
establish the unit.
The minister said the FIA should prepare a database of criminals to
control crimes and terrorism. "A comprehensive terrorist information
system will be helpful in the international war against terrorism," he
said.

6)
NASA outer space communications in peril
http://www.fcw.com/article94619-05-23-06-Web
NASA's extraterrestrial communications system could encounter a major
service disruption if managers do not keep a closer eye on the
deteriorating network's needs, according to federal auditors.
For example, the 1977 Voyager mission still requires network support.
The system, called the Deep Space Network, consists of three antennae,
located in Goldstone, Calif.; Madrid, Spain; and Canberra, Australia.
Some crucial components are more than 40 years old.

7)
Semantic Web ready for mainstream use
http://news.com.com/2102-1007_3-6076152.html?tag=st.util.print

8)
The Center for American Progress is pleased to present lectures by two
of the most prominent scholars of the Internet. They will discuss how
the Internet changes everything with particular reference to the
challenges the net poses to policy makers in Washington, D.C.
Professor Yochai Benkler, Yale University will present:
The Wealth of Networks: How US Internet policies are
undermining both freedom and growth.
Wednesday, May 31, 2006
Program:  9:00 A.M. to 10:30 A.M.
Breakfast will be served at 8:30 A.M.
Admission is free.
To RSVP for the Professor Yochia Benkler Lecture, please
http://www.americanprogress.org/rsvpbenkler
Professor Lawrence Lessig, Standford University will present:
The Withering of the Net: How DC pathologies are
undermining the growth and wealth of the Net.
Friday, June 16, 2006
Program: 1:30 P.M. to 2:30 P.M.
Refreshments will be served at 1:00 P.M.
Admission is free.
To RSVP for the Professor Lawrence Lessig Lecture, please
http://www.americanprogress.org/rsvplessig
For more information, please call: (202) 741-6246

9)
COPPS: FCC CAN IMPOSE NET NEUTRALITY
<http://www.multichannel.com/article/CA6337396.html?display=Breaking +News>


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