From: azur@netcom.com (Steve Schear)
Date: Mon, 30 Sep 1996 07:54:43 +0800
To: Donald Weightman <dweightman@radix.net>
Subject: Re: Internet 'terrorism' newsclips  [CYPHER, but news]
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>>There were more than 250,000 attacks on Department of Defense computers last
>>year, and 65% were successful. Little is known about who launched them,
>why, or
>>what they found. In a recent test, Defense Department "red teams" admit to
>>intentionally hacking into 18,200 systems, with only 5% of the attacks
>>detected; only 27% of those attacks were reported.
>
>Wonder if the timing of these stories has anything to do with the end of
>term legislative push on wiretapping.

Quite possibly.  The message from this article is clear.  Step up
investigation and prosecution of illegal government Net activities :-)

-- Steve