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Feds urge secrecy over network outages
Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus 2004-06-23

Giving the public too many details about significant network service outages could present cyberterrorists with a "virtual road map" to targeting critical infrastructures, according to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, which this month urged regulators to keep such information secret.

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Feds urge secrecy over network outages 2004-06-25
Anonymous
This law could lead to some interesting conversations with customer support.

"Hello? I'm having a problem with my Internet connection. I've checked everything. Are you guys having a problem?"

"No... everything is, uh, fine. Nothing wrong here."

"Then the problem is on my side?"

"Uh, ...

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