[109332] in Cypherpunks
RE: FWD: PC Computing Online: Bombshell
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken - Packet Storm)
Thu Mar 18 21:11:28 1999
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 17:44:19 -0800 (PST)
From: Ken - Packet Storm <tattooman@adric.genocide2600.com>
To: cypherpunks@toad.com
Reply-To: Ken - Packet Storm <tattooman@adric.genocide2600.com>
It seems that many people have missed what appears, at least to me, to be
the really interesting news here. This is the first instance, to my
knowledge, that ZDNET has actually spread FUD *and* been consciously aware
that they were doing so. That they did this without including comments
about "evil Linux cyberterrorist hackers who can launch Denial of Service
attacks against the embedded devices in your 6-slice toaster with advanced
pingflood Open Source classified exploit codes hidden inside strongly
encrypted Russian mafia pornography that innocent American children
download from online gambling web sites located in the Northern Mariana
Islands" is equally amazing. What initially surprised me, and continues
to humor me, is that ZDNET actually seems to have momentarily pulled their
collective heads out of their asses just far enough and long enough to
realize that there can be more to their sensationalistic bullshit
journalism than constantly dropping to their knees to service Chairman
Gates.
Regards,
Ken Williams
packetstorm@genocide2600.com
Packet Storm Security http://packetstorm.genocide2600.com/
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