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Cybercriminals on the loose

...sniffing program, Carnivore, on the grounds that agents need more information, the NIPC's performance so far suggests that the problem isn't too little... Read more

13 December, 2000 by Lewis Z.Koch

Power play: Electric company hacked

...by exploiting a vulnerability in the company's file storage service, said NIPC, which would not name the power company. The federal agency, in conjunction... Read more

15 December, 2000 by Robert Lemos

Internet operations unfazed after attack warning

...warning, issued Monday night by the bureau's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), said that the centre had received "credible, but nonspecific information that wide... Read more

7 August, 2002 by David Becker

FBI criticised for ignoring early Code Red warnings

...UK manager of eEye Digital. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC) had received earlier reports of a Code Red-like worm that affected... Read more

6 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

FBI accused of muddying virus protection waters

The US Congress has slammed the National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC) for not giving companies adequate warning about impending virus attacks. This special... Read more

23 May, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Ex-cybersecurity czar warns that complacency could lead to disaster

...Infrastructure Protection Center director Ron Dick to investigate the cyberattack angle." The NIPC, which is now a part of the US Department of Homeland Security... Read more

24 October, 2003 by David Berlind

Hacktivists threaten World Bank meeting

...s streets on Friday. The US government's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) said on Monday that those planning physical disruption might also use computer... Read more

24 September, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

FBI accidentally turns off Web sites

...FBI's high-tech crime unit, the National Infrastructure Protection Center, at NIPC.gov. An FBI spokesman said Tuesday that the glitch was accidental and... Read more

14 August, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

What the feds really think about cybersecurity

...not respond, they should alert the government's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC). The panel, entitled "Vulnerability Disclosures: What the Feds Think," was moderated by... Read more

9 August, 2002 by Robert Vamosi

Hackers face life sentence

US legislators have approved a bill that would allow malicious computer hackers to be sentenced to life imprisonment Read more

16 July, 2002 by Declan McCullagh

Jail time is not the answer to cybercrime

...R. 3482 does propose some worthwhile actions. It awards $57m to the NIPC, and broadens the centre's concerns to include physical security as well... Read more

7 March, 2002 by Robert Vamosi

Hackers strike at Islamic Web sites

...denial of service (DoS) attack. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) warned there could be opportunity for significant collateral damage to any computer... Read more

18 September, 2001 by Matt Loney

Hackers split over vigilante strikes

...as a surprise to authorities. The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC) issued an advisory Friday warning companies of increased hacking activity in the... Read more

17 September, 2001 by Robert Lemos

New Unix worm could be the next Code Red

...that have not been patched." The FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC) issued an alert on the X.C worm on 30 August, and... Read more

10 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

Code Red worm traced to Chinese university

...systems in just nine hours, according to the National Infrastructure Protection Centre (NIPC). An estimated 975,000 servers have been infected in total, according to... Read more

4 September, 2001 by Wendy McAuliffe

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BrownieBoy

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@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

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