contributed by abscissa
The utility that enables people to copy DVD disks, DeCSS, has been posted to Download.com. DeCSS was created by the Norwegian group "Masters of Reverse Engineering" who found weakness in the DVD encryption implementation. The RIAA has recently been pressuring people who have hosted this file to remove it claiming that it violates copyright laws.

Download.com

Just in case the above file disappears here is a list of mirror lists for the software.

Mirrored List of Mirrors #1
Mirrored List of Mirrors #2
Mirrored List of Mirrors #3

contributed by Dildog
What if Back Orifice 2000 was a commercial product? It would need a marketing plan. Just how would you market BO2K to the masses? Adam Penenberg had 5 top PR firms design a marketing campaign for BO2K, and some of the ideas are pretty wacky.

Forbes

contributed by William Knowles
The Canadian Security Intelligence Service has reported the theft of top secret files from the back seat of an agent's car. It is believed that the thieves did not know what they had and just threw the files away. (Hey, lets not forget about physical security.)

South China Morning Post

Late Update: 1145EST
This article has a few more details on the above escapade.

The Toronto Star

contributed by no0ne
18 year old student Edwin Lim Zhaoming pleaded guilty to 17 charges of breaking into the Mediacity, the Television Corporation of Singapore's website. The teen, who renamed the site "Mediashity" last June 15, will be sentenced at a later date. His accomplice, a 15 year old Myanmar national was sentenced to 12 months probation and 100 hours of community service.

The Straits Times

contributed by no0ne
The web site of Hong Kong's Department of Highways which originally offers bilingual information and guides regarding HK's road system was defaced Friday night. The intruders changed the index page into one with a white background and three lines of quotes from various people.

Yahoo News