VoIP could provoke 'electronic Pearl Harbour'
News An electronic Pearl Harbour-type event will happen in 2006 or 2007. The head of information security for the Royal Mail has warned that voice-over-IP (VoIP) applications will expose companies to hackers and malicious code if not implemented correctly.
[March 17, 2005, 17:20]
FBI warns of 'Pearl Harbour' hack attack on Net
News A top FBI official warned in a briefing before a congressional committee on Tuesday that "the electronic equivalent of a Pearl Harbour or an Oklahoma City" is on tap if the government fails to take every precaution, including collecting...
[March 26, 1998, 12:35]
A Year Ago: A year after Pearl Harbour, MS goes for Netscape's throat
News A year after Microsoft's infamous 'Pearl Harbour' attack on Netscape, Bill Gates's firm is presenting a series of initiatives that will make it an even more fearsome presence on the Internet. The Redmond, Washington firm yesterday announced free...
[December 11, 1997, 7:00]
A year after Pearl Harbour, MS goes for Netscape's throat
News The Redmond, Washington firm yesterday announced free availability of a Windows 3.1 version of Internet Explorer 3.0. In a sly dig at its arch-rival, Microsoft product manager for the Internet platform and tools division Martin Gregory said: "It's...
[December 11, 1996, 17:05]
Cyberterror? Don't make me laugh
News How do you keep a concept like our perennially impending "Electronic Pearl Harbour" fresh and exciting a decade after its introduction? It's not a matter of if America has an electronic Pearl Harbour.
[October 14, 1999, 11:04]
VoIP: Paying the price for cheap calls
News At the annual Business Continuity Expo in London's Docklands in March, he warned that "an electronic Pearl Harbour-type event will happen in 2006 or 2007" because "new technologies such as VoIP risk driving a horse and cart through the security in...
[August 8, 2005, 17:10]
Pentagon and hackers in 'cyberwar'
News It's not a matter of if America has an electronic Pearl Harbour -- it's a matter of when," said Rep. For two days in January, hackers repeatedly tapped into military computers at Kelly Air Force Base in San Antonio -- the centre for the most...
[March 5, 1999, 16:30]
A Year Ago: Pentagon and hackers in 'cyberwar'
News It's not a matter of if America has an electronic Pearl Harbour -- it's a matter of when," said Rep. The Pentagon has been warning about a future computer war. Well, the future is now, and the war is on
[March 6, 2000, 6:09]
Do we need a second Internet?
News While many have derided the notion of an electronic Pearl Harbour or a cyber Exxon Valdez as scare tactics, Clarke believes that either could happen. Speaking to more than 100 security and privacy experts, President Clinton's top advisor on...
[December 11, 2000, 9:33]
