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Ashcroft takes on foreign government hackers
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2003-11-07

How seriously does the U.S. government take computer intrusion? Seriously enough for the threat of foreign hacking to take a prominent role in new rules governing the FBI's national security investigations issued by U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft this week.

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Ashcroft takes on foreign government hackers 2003-11-10
Boutzev
"the use or attempted use of any cyber-activity or other means by, for, or on behalf of a foreign power to scan, probe, or gain unauthorized access into one or more U.S.-based computers."

This basically means that, if you try to connect to a web site, your action may be considered as a "probe", a...

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