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04-Apr-02 05:03:09 ET
Story Highlights:
"A young computer enthusiast called 'splices' has broken into a database of government contracts, apparently at the US General Services Administration (GSA), due to incredible carelessness with passwords..."
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"The necessary information was included in the comments section of a login banner..."
03-Apr-02 09:55:28 ET
Story Highlights:
"As a high school math teacher, Peter Fulton knows the odds are against people who play the lottery, but admits he was foolish enough to gamble on an Internet scheme that promised to cure his wife of terminal pancreatic cancer..."
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"Fulton's case was highlighted on Tuesday by the Federal Trade Commission and northwestern law enforcement agencies, who said a coalition to fight online fraud had notched up some successes but still relied on consumers to do more to protect themselves..."
03-Apr-02 16:49:57 ET
Story Highlights:
"Online auction powerhouse eBay Inc. closed a security hole in a password-maintenance feature late yesterday that could have allowed attackers to take over a user's account and commit fraud..."
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"The vulnerability existed in the feature that allowed registered eBay users to change the passwords that they use to log into the site..."
03-Apr-02 14:16:51 ET
Story Highlights:
"The internet has become a riskier place for businesses since the fall of 2001 and doesn't look to be any more secure in the near future, according to security firm Internet Security Systems, which released its security incident figures for the first quarter of 2002 Wednesday..."
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"Overall Internet security has been hampered by a steady tide of denial of service (DoS) attacks, as well as the rise of hybrid attacks -- attack tools that spread through multiple means..."
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