Security News > 2001
![Re: Pentagon Reverses Order to Destroy Old Hard Drives](/static/build/img/news/alt/application-stats-small.jpg)
The Pentagon will have to overwrite the hard drives of computers being donated or going to the public, which it had done for years before the January edict.
![Witnesses: Teen hacker intended to disable Internet sites](/static/build/img/news/alt/hackers-statistics-small.jpg)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/26327p-470291c.html MONTREAL (June 13, 2001 09:48 p.m. EDT) - Witnesses told a sentencing hearing Wednesday that a 16-year-old computer hacker illegally...
![California hack points to possible IT surveillance threat](/static/build/img/news/alt/Phishing-small.jpg)
http://www.computerworld.com/storyba/0,4125,NAV47_STO61313,00.html By DAN VERTON June 12, 2001 The revelation that hackers broke into computer systems owned by California's primary electric power...
![Law enforcement officials ask Congress for help in fighting cybercrime](/static/build/img/news/alt/password-statistics-small.jpg)
http://www.nandotimes.com/technology/story/25600p-463255c.html By D. IAN HOPPER, Associated Press WASHINGTON (June 12, 2001 09:55 p.m. EDT) - As they touted recent successes, law enforcement...
![Whonami - New Resource for Security/Network Admins](/static/build/img/news/alt/Data-Cybersecurity-Predictions-small.jpg)
Forwarded by: Richard Forno FYI, this is a free public service that I helped launch this week as an internet community resource....it's still growing and evolving, but I think anyone involved with...
![Rebuttal to "CISSPs - Do You Know Your Organization" by anonymous](/static/build/img/news/alt/ransomware-statistic-small.jpg)
http://cryptome.org/cissp-who2.htm From: nkoprowski () maples com To: jya () pipeline com Cc: james.wade () rich frb org Subject: Rebuttal to "CISSPs - Do You Know Your Organization" by anonymous...
![European 'safer Internet' site hit by hackers](/static/build/img/news/alt/cyber-threat-stats-small.jpg)
http://www.computerworld.com/cwi/story/0,1199,NAV47_STO61171,00.html.html By JORIS EVERS IDG NEWS SERVICE June 07, 2001 Hackers embarrassed the European Commission this week by identifying and...
![re: Alldas.de told to look for another home](/static/build/img/news/alt/malware-statistics-2-scaled-small.jpg)
After Attrition.org decided to get out of the defacement archiving business last month (after decided it was too much hassle to continue as a hobby), Alldas.de has become the only game in town....
![Crackers target open source software websites](/static/build/img/news/alt/web-stats-small.jpg)
http://it.mycareer.com.au/breaking/2001/05/31/FFXQ0QREDNC.html Thursday 31 May, 2001 By BARRY PARK FAIRFAX IT Open source software portal Sourceforge has published details of the server compromise...
![Forced Attrition by Carole Fennelly](/static/build/img/news/alt/cloud-cybersecurity-statistics-small.jpg)
http://www.wkeys.com/articles/CF/attrition.html One of my favorite bookmarks is attrition.org. Offering computer security candor often wrapped around a raised middle finger, Attrition is best...