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Today’s front page article in USA Today points out the growing importance that intelligence gleaned from the open source Internet plays in national security. Excerpts:

The explosion of information available via the Internet and other public sources has pushed the collection and analysis of that material to the top of the official priority list in the spy world, intelligence officials say.

Open sources can provide up to 90% of the information needed to meet most U.S. intelligence needs, Deputy Director of National Intelligence Thomas Fingar said in a recent speech.

eWeek updates the Hannaford data breach story, explaining that malware was found to be present on the Web servers located in every grocery store owned by the chain. While the source of the malware remains unknown, the data breach exemplifies the damage that purpose-built malware can inflict on its target.

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Juicy Campus, the site created so that college kids can anonymously dish about, and in some cases slander, their fellow students is rekindling debates about Internet anonymity. For students who find themselves victimized by malicious comments, the nature of Juicy Campus leaves them little recourse for having the postings removed and identifying the responsible parties for potential libel claims.

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Domain Name Wire reports an email-based scam that targets domain name owners. The scam suggests that Web site operators must register their copyrighted content in order to be protected should someone else decide to copy their content. See the article and portions of the email here.

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