-Caveat Lector- Saturday, 13 July, 2002, 01:55 GMT 02:55 UK Alert as hackers meet
Beware giving away sensitive information As computer hackers attend a convention in New York, major organisations are fearing that attempts might be made to disrupt their computers in a show of hacking strength. The telephone phone company AT&T has written to all its employees warning them to be on their guard. Spoof stories were put on the paper's site In the latest high-profile hacking in the US, a newspaper had its website altered to include fake news items. The hackers conference is an annual event and usually includes an attack on a high-profile computer system. AT & T believes this year it may be targeted to demonstrate how company employees can be tricked into revealing sensitive information that can help hackers gain access to computer systems. "Remember, you do not want to be the lucky guest of honour on a telephone call from the hacker conference this weekend with thousands of hackers listening to you and attempting to scam AT&T out of proprietary information," the company warned in an email to staff. "Please be on guard." Pranks AT&T's warning comes as a criminal investigation has started into the successful penetration of the computers at the newspaper USA Today. Its website, which has nine million viewers a month, was redesigned to include a number of spoof news stories, including an Iraqi missile attack on Israel and the Vatican proclaiming that the Bible was a hoax. But readers could easily determine that the stories were not legitimate because they were poorly written, USA Today spokesman Steven Anderson said. "it was very prankish, very immature," he said. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
