: Digital Vandalism Spurs a Call for Oversight

[Dave Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Digital Vandalism Spurs a Call for Oversight
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> September 1, 2003
>  By AMY HARMON
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> The teenager accused of creating a version of the Blaster
> worm that infected computer systems across the world last
> week has been arrested. SoBig.F, an e-mail virus unleashed
> on the Internet just as Blaster was being stamped out, is
> expected to expire next week.
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> But all is far from quiet on the electronic frontier.
> Security experts are already preparing for SoBig.G. Another
> worm may already be squirming through newly discovered
> flaws in computer operating systems. And in the moments
> between epidemics, the Internet's more run-of-the-mill
> annoyances - spam, scams and spyware - can be counted on to
> keep users on edge.
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> The Internet has become a vital part of commerce and
> culture, but it is still a free-for-all when it comes to
> facing computer meltdowns. As America's 156 million
> Internet users brace for the next round of digital
> vandalism, some experts say that it is time for the
> government to bolster a basic sense of stability in
> cyberspace that societies expect from their critical public
> resources.

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