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contributed by William Knowles
adiamondisforever.com recently released the names, address, phone
numbers and e-mail of over 35,000 customers. The web site, sponsored by
De Beer's, is part of The Diamond Information Center (DIC). Site
Administrators quickly fixed the hole that allow the information to be
accessible.
C|Net
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contributed by Evil Wench
The Abwehr Enigma G-312 was stolen from its resting place in a glass
display case at Bletchley Park Trust on April 1st. This specific variant
of the machine is said to be one of only two known to exist.
Cryptographers around the world are hoping that this is some sort of
cruel April Fools joke and that the machine will soon be returned.
Updated
Information on the Stolen Machine
Wired
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contributed by Evil Wench
A Committee for the Suppression of Computer Crimes has been formed by
the Police Information System Centre to fight crimes involving
technology including those committed on the Internet. Besides Police
officers the committee also has members from local ISPs, the National
Electronics and Computer Technology Centre (Nectec), security
profesionals and the Telephone Organization of Thailand.
News Bytes
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contributed by Evil Wench
An official Chinese government survey quoted by China Daily revealed
that 40 percent of Chinese web sites have suffered online attacks. The
State Council Development Research Center conducted a survey of 300
Internet firms. 44 percent said that some of the information has been
tampered with and 40 percent claimed to have suffered an online
malicious attack.
Agence France
Presse - via Inside China Today
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