August 15, 1999 2 accused of drug sale over Internet Two men have been charged with using the Internet to sell ingredients and easy-to-follow instructions for making a powerful ``date-rape'' drug. Carl Gorton, 63, of Merritt Island, Fla., and John Hedrick, 22, of Colorado Springs, Colo., have been charged in Michigan with one count each of solicitation to manufacture a controlled substance. http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/754625l.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cartoon theft no laughing matter Stolen animation cells of the Grinch showed up for auction on the eBay Web site and two teen-age clerks at an art gallery were arrested Friday, police said. http://www.sjmercury.com/svtech/news/breaking/ap/docs/754331l.htm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Boy, 15, admits hacking into TCS websites He made an educated guess at a user name "news" and used it as the password. He got into the TCS server. LUCK and ingenuity enabled a 15-year-old boy to hack into two Television Corporation of Singapore (TCS) websites on the Internet. http://web3.asia1.com.sg/archive/st/5/cyb/cyb1_0813.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Cyber 'war' may lead to real thing Tit-for-tat attacks on government websites by China and Taiwan are dangerous and have the potential of causing a real conflict, say experts. THE war being waged between China and Taiwan in cyberspace, which led to government websites on both sides being hacked, could well lead to a real war, some analysts have warned. http://web3.asia1.com.sg/archive/st/5/cyb/cyb3_0813.html - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Trap Doors and Saboteurs Just when many IT managers were being comforted by the thought that the Y2K bug in their firm's computer systems had been exterminated, another peril seems to be emerging. In recent testimony before the Senate's Special Committee on the Year 2000, Michael Vatis, director of the FBI's National Infrastructure Protection Center, said that companies that outsourced their Y2K fixes may be vulnerable to sabotage. http://globalbusiness.about.com/library/weekly/aa080999.htm