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People & Companies -- Who Ranks At The Top?
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Mon, 2000-12-25 16:02
The Year 2000 has almost ended and it's time we stop to take a look at who made it to the top. IDG teamed up with Network World Fusion to make an interesting list of top ten most powerful networking companies and 25 most powerful people, complete with profiles, this Xmas day.
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Egghead.com Credit Records Nabbed
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Fri, 2000-12-22 22:57
Turns out the security over at Egghead wasn't very good.
Losing 3.1 million credit card numbers has got to put a damper on a lot of
Christmas cheer!! It's
too bad that this kind of theft will probably scare people away from online
purchases even when it's a database that's cracked rather than their transactions.
There's coverage over at MSNBC as well which mentions that Egghead was not the only
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CreditCard.com Extortionist Antics May Prove Serial
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2000-12-21 22:01
Got this from HNN:
MSNBC has reported that the CreditCard.com extortionist may have attempted
similar shock value driven antics once before. A considerable amount of
speculation surrounds the vailidity of the person who contacted MSNBC and
claimed responsibility for the CreditCard.com snafu. In the meantime,
CreditCards.com appears to be keeping relatively quiet throughout the ordeal and
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Student Suspended For Taking Teacher's Challenge
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2000-12-21 21:58
The Seattle Times has a story about a high-school student
who has been suspended for cracking a school computer after being challenged to
do so by a teacher. The teacher says he wasn't serious. Scary stuff. Which pretty much explains why I decline to crack root on the HP 9000 machine in my college/uni - although in my case, its not quite the same thing since I've only been asked by students!
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AntiTrust - In Theaters 01.12.01
Submitted by hitbsecnews on Thu, 2000-12-21 19:28
Saw this over at HNN
We always knew tokens were cool, but… RSA Security has sponsored the new, major motion picture "AntiTrust," to be released in January 2001 and the RSA SecurID is featured throughout the film. Starring Ryan Phillippe, Rachel Leigh Cook, and Tim Robbins, the film promises to be a major hit. Apparently the plot deals with security issues surrounding private networks and the Internet. Chalk up a first for a major motion picture sponsored by a security company.
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