CRIME FW: NIPC Daily Report 12 December 2001

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Date: Wed Dec 12 2001 - 08:42:17 PST

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    NIPC Daily Report, 12 December 2001
     
    NOTE:  Please understand that this is for informational purposes only
    and does not constitute any verification of the information contained in
    the report nor does this constitute endorsement by the NIPC or the FBI.
    
    This report offers interested readers situational awareness of issues 
    impacting the integrity and capability of the nation's critical 
    infrastructures.  The NIPC Watch and Warning Unit will provide current 
    and relevant information about actual or potential threats to the 
    critical infrastructures, as necessary.
    
    Government - In its biggest anti-piracy effort to date, the US 
    government yesterday cracked the "Warez" group, a 1, 500 member network 
    that allegedly breaks copy-protection schemes on everything from movies 
    to computer-operating systems.  US agents seized computers in over one 
    hundred raids across the country.  Similar actions were taken in five 
    other countries.  According to the US Customs Service, "Warez" is 
    responsible for 95 percent of all pirated software available online. 
    (Reuters, 11 December)
    
    Representative Clay Shaw, (R-Fla.), introduced H.R. 3437, a bill that 
    would create a federal port security task force and local seaport 
    security committees.  Included in the proposed legislation are measures 
    to streamline procurement procedures for technology (and other goods) to 
    be used in the prevention of cyber-attacks or terrorism.  (National 
    Journal's Technology Daily, 10 December)
    
    Emergency Services - Rhode Island is the first state to deploy 
    wireless-tracking technology in responding to emergency (911) calls. 
    The technology, known as e911, has the capability to track a caller's 
    whereabouts to within 10 feet of their actual location.  e911 is a 
    massive project that involves coordination between three large 
    industries:  phone carriers, public-safety agencies, and 
    telecom-equipment manufacturers.  Eventually, all of the country's 5,000 
    or so 911 centers will employ e911, with estimated significant rollout 
    occurring in 2003.   While Rhode Island is the first state-wide 
    application of e911, the service is also in place in St. Clair County, 
    Ill., and Lake County, Ind.  (Wall Street Journal, 11 December)
    



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