fight the smugglers to beat the pirates
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April 1993 Computer Fraud & Security Bulletin
“Encryption laws are outdated. There really is no reason that the hackers should be made to show how they did the encryption unless it is going to be used by a US or foreign government.” Murphy has said he will submit the algorithm for testing.
Mike Moeller
US airlines charged with rigging computerized fare lists
The US Justice Department has charged eight US airlines with violating antitrust statutes. The carriers are alleged to have used the computerized system maintained by the Airline Tariff Publishing Company to communicate illegally among themselves and to fix air fares. Without admitting or denying any guilt, two of the carriers - United and USAir - have agreed to end their part in this process. The other carriers insist that they have done nothing wrong and plan to fight the charges.
The Justice Department claims that the scheme was based on the advance listing of fares in the Airline Tariff Publishing Company system. The Department contends that these entries were used by the carriers to signal their marketing plans - including anticipated fare discount promotions -to their competitors. About a year ago this same system was the subject of a class action law suit by airline customers. This lawsuit was settled when six airlines agreed to distribute $458 million discount coupons to their passengers.
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Fight the smugglers to beat the pirates
Robert H, Chen, the chief counsel of
intellectual property for Acer Inc, has commented
that although the ROC government has made
strenuous efforts to control computer software piracy, the chief difficulty which remains is
controlling the smuggling of software. According to a report in The China Post, Chen commented
that the US should understand the problem of
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smuggling pirated software in Taiwan, as the US
itself fails to control the smuggling of prohibited
drugs into its own country. Chen said that the US only has a software import inspection system,
whereas Taiwan has set up a comprehensive
software export inspection system. Chen suggested that Taiwan should establish an
intellectual property institute to assist local
companies in tackling software piracy.
Hacker needed money for university education
Kim Jae-yol, an unemployed 23-year old Korean, has been arrested on charges of
attempted fraud and forging official documents,
according to a report in Korea Newsreview. Kim
is accused of hacking into systems linked with Chong Wa Dae and numerous financial
institutions. He is thought to have used private
passwords and altered the Chong Wa Dae secret
ID code to gain access to confidential bank records. Kim asked Dacom to have the
presidential office’s ID number changed, which
Dacom then proceeded to do without checking
with Chong Wa Dae officials. Kim told
investigators that he had planned to withdraw large sums of money to pay for his tuition at the
University of Chicago, which was to accept Kim
as a student.
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