We're assessing server damages including financially on the whole DDoS situation. However, for your perusal here are links at other sites that talk about what has happened and why. Please ensure you read all the links and all posts.

We're also on our honeymoon, so please excuse any lateness in replies or participation.

Opinion: A call to action for the IT community

by Marcia J. Wilson, CCSP Staff Writer
March 11, 2004

"Reprinted from March 18, 2K3"
by Marcia J. Wilson

The National Strategy to Secure Cyberspace, released in February, is a call to action for all Americans.

There has been a lot of moaning and groaning about it, but I think people are missing the point. It does not contain specific security-related templates that if applied will assure security for the hundreds of thousands of interconnected computers, servers, routers, switches and fiber-optic cables that make up cyberspace. It is a strategy, an admission of criticality, a call to arms and an offer of partnership between the private and public sectors of our country.

COMPUTER COPS ADVISORY

There are times when malicious users send out emails portraying to be Computer Cops staff. Please check your email headers to see if such email was routed from our server (bugsbunny.laudanski.com / computercops.biz). Here is a copy of an actual fraudulent email I just receieved a moment ago... Please note, the emails contains the Win32/Bagle.K worm. This means the person sending the email below may well be infected by it.

CIA to issue cyberterror intelligence estimate
By DAN VERTON
FEBRUARY 24, 2004

WASHINGTON -- The CIA, working with the FBI, the Department of Homeland Security and the Pentagon, this week will publish the first-ever classified National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on the threat of cyberterrorism against U.S. critical infrastructures.

Rabbi Urges Pig Fat on Buses
Fri February 13, 2004 08:15 AM ET

JERUSALEM (Reuters) - A prominent Israeli rabbi has proposed hanging bags of pig fat in buses to deter Muslim suicide bombers who may want to avoid contact with an unclean animal, an Israeli official said on Thursday.

Opinion: War, ethics, and security.

by Marcia J. Wilson, CCSP Staff Writer
February 08, 2004

"Reprinted from April 9, 2k3"

The cyberwar has intensified along with the war in Iraq, or so we hear.
I honestly thought our entire telecommunications infrastructure was going to be brought to its knees when the war started. Not because I professionally believed it was possible, but because I was personally frightened by the thought of war.

New DHS Border Plan Scrutinized
January 12, 2004
By Dennis Fisher

As the Department of Homeland Security works to iron out wrinkles in its new biometrics-based, border-entry program, experts familiar with the technology and the government's efforts are raising questions about the project's viability.

Saudi Arrests Five After Seizing Bomb-Making CDs


RIYADH (Reuters) - Saudi authorities, facing a wave of militant attacks, have arrested five people after raiding computer shops selling compact disks containing hidden bomb-making instructions, a local newspaper reported on Thursday.

Congress Expands FBI Spying Power
By Ryan Singel

Congress approved a bill on Friday that expands the reach of the Patriot Act, reduces oversight of the FBI and intelligence agencies and, according to critics, shifts the balance of power away from the legislature and the courts.

Congress Looks at Patriot Act
By Caron Carlson

Rights advocates are urging amendments to the act.

Two years after granting the FBI a series of new electronic surveillance and search powers to combat terrorism, Congress is taking a closer look at the impact of those powers and of other provisions in the USA Patriot Act. What makes the matter particularly pressing for politicians is that critics of the act span the political spectrum.