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To: Bill Ounce who wrote (116)	10/1/1999 10:56:00 AM
From: Bill Ounce	Read Replies (2) of 198

news.com, U.S. finds malicious code changes in Y2K "fixes" news.cnet.com WASHINGTON--Malicious changes to computer code under the guise of Year 2000 software fixes have begun to surface in some U.S. work undertaken by foreign contractors, the top U.S. cybercop said yesterday. "We have some indications that this is happening" in a possible foreshadowing of economic and security headaches stemming from Y2K fixes, Michael Vatis of the Federal Bureau of Investigation told Reuters. Vatis heads the interagency National Infrastructure Protection Center (NIPC), responsible for detecting and deterring cyberattacks on networks that drive U.S. finance, transport, telecommunications, and other vital sectors. A Central Intelligence Agency officer assigned to the NIPC said recently that India and Israel appeared to be the "most likely sources of malicious remediation" of U.S. software. [...]

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