contributed by bobo
Kevin Mitnick escaped from the Metropolitan Detention Center early this morning. It seems that he was severely distraught over the decision of the government to further sandbag his case by denying him the ability to review the evidence against him in preparation for his upcoming state trial. Reports this morning are sketchy but it would appear that while Kevin was making a phone call he dialed into a modem connected to the MDC computer system, whistled a 2400 baud carrier and proceeded to disable the entire lock down system and then just walked out. A spokesman for the jail said "We knew he was dangerous, we never should have let him out of solitary." The FBI has begun a nationwide manhunt.

FREE KEVIN

contributed by billy
Microsoft announced today that it has purchased Network Solutions the global registrar for the top-level domains of .com, .net, .org and .edu. This new acquisition essentially gives Microsoft complete control over the internet. Microsoft spokes people say that this was inevitable, "We already have complete control over Operating Systems, Office Applications, and Internet Browsers, top level domains where a logical next step.

Network Solutions
Microsoft

contributed by Dr. Mudge
Network Associates has announced that it has reached an agreement with L0pht Heavy Industries to purchase their award winning software L0phtCrack. L0phtCrack is the premier password auditing tool for WindowsNT and recently received a Golden Guardian award from InfoWorld. NAI says that it will be incorporating L0phtCrack into an upcoming release of its Net Tools Product Suite. When asked about the deal Mudge, a member of the L0pht said "Everyone was accusing us of selling out, well, now we have." The deal is reported to be worth $1.2 billion dollars.

Network Associates
L0pht Heavy Industries

contributed by Viantous
CERT (Computer Emergency Response Team) has announced that it will close its doors at the end of the month of April and has begun to sell off its assets. "We just can't keep up with the new exploits," a spokesperson said, "we were two and three months late in issuing our advisories, it was no longer feasible for us to stay in business." When asked how the recent 'Melissa' virus advisory was released so quickly he replied, "Oh, we had help from NIPC (National Infrastructure Protection Center) on that one"

CERT

contributed by Space Rogue
At approximately ten minutes after midnight Eastern time on April 1, 1999 The Hacker News Network was Cracked. We are unsure how our security was breached but suspect a vulnerability in sshd. The password on our server had been changed and because the machine is in a remote location where unable to regain control until noon. The individual calling herself Megan A Haquer left a very unique page which we have saved in the HNN Cracked Pages Archive.

Cracked Pages Archive