contributed by grice
Although official spokespeople currently deny the rumors, a number of "off-the-record" sources are claiming that all 10 digital watermarks presented in the SDMI (Strategic Defense for the Music Industry) challenge have been cracked. The SDMI contest invited crackers to break 10 potential copyright protection systems for use by the record industry involving digital watermarks for a $10,000 prize.

Salon

contributed by weld pond
Richard Smith, CTO of the Privacy Foundation, is a virtual one man army, fighting for the right to online privacy for all the constituents of the digital world. In a current CNET interview, Smith talks about his concerns, his role at the Foundation, and the potential for the future if privacy concerns are not addressed sooner rather then later. (On a side note - the Privacy Foundation's most admirable and by far coolest move yet was the Cue Cat Advisory they issued late last month).

CNET
Privacy Foundation Homepage

contributed by pyle
If you have returned anything to Buy.com, your name, address and phone number may have been vulnerable to the eyes of an outside source. The glitch at Buy.com, which has the potential to affect thousands of customers, was discovered by Harvard Law School's Ben Edelman. No word yet from Buy.com's camp.

Wired

contributed by laney
Sun released the nine million lines of StarOffice 6 alpha code, making it an official member of the open source movement. It is available for download at Openoffice.org - that is, if you can get on. The OpenOffice server has been down since the wee hours of the morning after being slammed by countless surfers looking for some Sun. Interested parties are required to agree with and uphold both the GNU Public License terms and the Sun Industry Standard Source License (SISSL).

ZDNet
OpenOffice.org

contributed by weld pond
The hunt is on for the person responsible for defacing the front page of Denver municipal site, DenverGov.org. It appears to be the work of "pimpshiz" as reflected on the 10.3.00 Attrition mirror of the defacement. DenverGov.org's infiltration is one of several recent break-ins featuring music from the Halloween movies as well as pimpshiz's usual Napster rant.

Denver Post
Attrition.org

contributed by weld pond
Someone using the handle "Bulgarianboy" gained control of Eagle Network and demanded the ISP remove the antiwar.com website from their service. To show he/she meant business the system hijacker compromised the company's system for the better part of two weeks, a move resulting in $18,000 in damage. Antiwar.com moved to a different ISP as a result of the attack.

Denver Post