-Caveat Lector- .............................................................. Forwarded from the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [LeftLibertarian] Cyber threats catch US spies Date: Saturday, November 27, 1999 9:26 AM From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] November 26 1999 UNITED STATES Cyber threats catch US spies on the hop FROM JAMES BONE IN NEW YORK http://www.the-times.co.uk/news/pages/tim/99/11/26/timfgnusa01003.html?1124027 THE "information revolution" is overwhelming the eavesdropping capacity of the United States and may force a restructuring at the nation's largest spy agency, reports suggest. Informed sources told CNN that the 38,000-strong National Security Agency (NSA), which employs more than twice as many people as the Central Intelligence Agency, is considering a significant reorganisation to meet the demands of the Internet era. The NSA, based at Fort Meade outside Washington, is so secretive that its acronym is sometimes said to stand for "No Such Agency" or "Never Say Anything". Yet, equipped with the world's fastest supercomputers and working with allies such as Britain's GCHQ, it produces an estimated 80 per cent of America's intelligence. The growth of digital technology and sophisticated encryption, and the proliferation of threats since the collapse of the Soviet Union, is said to be stretching the agency's ability to keep track of communications around the world. At the same time, the transition from analog to digital phones, the prevalence of fax machines, and the increasing use of fibre optic cable, all make electronic eavesdropping more complex, as does the wider availability of encryption software that can be used by criminals and spies to encode their communications. The NSA recently became embroiled in controversy when an Ontario-based computer consultant claimed to have identified its secret backdoor - called "NSAKEY" - into Microsoft's Windows operating systems. Both the agency and Microsoft denied that it had special access to encrypted Windows files. Besides generating huge amounts of e-mail, the Internet has also created a mountain of publicly available information that the NSA must monitor - a labour-intensive task. The agency has recently had to resort to recruiting known hackers because of the shortage of computer security experts. Despite their anti-establishment bent, hackers have been offered a four-year college scholarship in return for working at the NSA during their holidays and spending at least five years there after graduation. But US officials caution that the country might not be ready for a sneak cyber-attack - sometimes known as an "electronic Pearl Harbour". There are fears that hackers around the world will mount a concerted assault on government and business computer systems at New Year to try to exploit the Y2K computer bug. The new NSA director is said to be considering a dramatic reorganisation of the agency to address the new challenges, including possible high-level dismissals, to bring NSA up to speed. --------------------------- ONElist Sponsor ---------------------------- GRAB THE GATOR! FREE SOFTWARE DOES ALL THE TYPING FOR YOU! Tired of filling out forms and remembering passwords? Gator fills in forms and passwords with just one click! 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