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03-Apr-03 08:54:52 ET
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"Just as important as backing up your most valuable documents is ensuring they are not zapped by a malicious virus, consumed by fire or accidentally erased..."
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"So far, though, most software and hardware vendors that sell storage products to the Fortune 500 have had little or nothing to say -- let alone sell -- when it comes to securing data in this networked age..."
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03-Apr-03 10:04:55 ET
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"A hacker broke into a congresswoman's e-mail account Wednesday and used it to send a message condemning President Bush and the war in Iraq..."
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"Rep. Ginny Brown-Waite drew attention last month when she proposed legislation to let families of Americans buried in France during the world wars bring home the remains if they are offended by France's stance against the war in Iraq..."
03-Apr-03 08:47:15 ET
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"Several key federal agencies have failed to meet a four-year-old mandate to identify their most important information systems..."
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"The Commerce and Energy departments, the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of Health and Human Services have not done enough to figure out which of their computers and networks need the most protection from electronic attack..."
03-Apr-03 02:00:00 ET
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"An executive who claimed to have developed a file-trading service that intentionally flouted copyright protection laws revealed Wednesday that he made the whole thing up for a laugh -- and to sell a book..."
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"The Honest Thief was announced in February as a new service from PGR BV, a Dutch Internet services company. Pieter Plass, founder of PGR BV and president of CBB, a Dutch construction company, said he cooked up the lie as a joke and publicity stunt..."
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