I just caught news of this today. If you are interested ..please do participate in the online chat that will take place tomorrow afternoon/evening. Regards Robert -- http://cbc.ca/news/indepth/hackers/ In the cyber-world, 'privacy' doesn't exist. In the sophisticated world of international computer terrorists, all boundaries are down. Hackers can get through any security system, and the results can be disruptive or disastrous. Hackers, a full-edition of the fifth estate, looks at the prospects for a future dominated by computer terrorists, Wednesday, December 8 at 8 p.m. on CBC Television. Host Linden MacIntyre talks with many hackers and with those who've tried to deal with their power in this inside documentary about the world's latest battleground. Everyone interviewed agrees with one chilling fact - there is absolutely no way to stop them. No technology has been devised to make our systems hacker-proof. They can invade any computer, slither through any barrier, they can delve into home computers, and just as easily sort though bank records and company secrets, and they could ultimately hit the systems that control our power plants, emergency services, and the computer systems that land and guide airplanes. Although Montreal's "Mafia Boy" was only 15 when he knocked out the massive e-Bay auction site, and "Comrade" only 16 when he broke into NASA's computer system and downloaded a space station program valued at $1.7 billion, experts say that generally the very young hackers are not the ultimate menace. Most of them are simply teenage power-trippers playing around. The ones to fear are people like former KGB and FBI agents who have the knowledge and the agenda to do great damage, or like the Japanese cult that had plans to bring about enormous cyber-assault. Because this cautionary story has international implications, Hackers moves from Toronto, Ottawa and Montreal to Amsterdam, Japan and Washington D.C., where hackers are encountered and their exploits detailed. The thrill of living in the computer era has an ominous side, and in Hackers viewers will come face to face with what this could mean. Following this telecast, cbc.ca will host a web chat <http://interact.cbc.ca/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.ee7923f> with Linden MacIntyre, Neil Docherty and some guest hackers from around the globe. -- "...as we transfer our whole being to the data bank, privacy will become a ghost or echo of its former self and what remains of community will disappear"...Marshal McLuhan -- Robert Guerra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Fax: +1(303) 484-0302 WWW Page <http://pgp.greatvideo.com>, ICQ # 10266626 PGPKeys <http://pgp.greatvideo.com/keys/rguerra/> ********************************************** To (un)subscribe visit the list's WWW page at: <http://crypto-canada.greatvideo.com>
