DATE=2/16/2000
TYPE=CORRESPONDENT REPORT
TITLE=CYBERHACKER INVESTIGATION (L-ONLY)
NUMBER=2-259225
BYLINE=NICK SIMEONE
DATELINE=WASHINGTON
CONTENT=
VOICED AT:
INTRO: F-B-I Director Louis Freeh says a worldwide
investigation into last week's attacks on some well-
known websites in the United States has turned up a
number of valuable leads. But Correspondent Nick
Simeone reports federal prosecutors say they will
likely need better tools, including new and more
aggressive laws if they are going to be able to combat
crime in cyberspace.
TEXT: F-B-I Director Freeh is pleased with the
assistance given to federal agents from private
industry and even from some computer hackers, calling
it extraordinary.
/// FREEH ACT ///
There are fast developing leads as we speak.
/// END ACT ///
But both he and Attorney General Janet Reno told a
Senate panel (Wednesday) prosecutors are going to need
new authority to obtain certain types of evidence --
including the secured, coded texts used when computers
talk to each other - if investigators are going to be
able to track cyber crimes. And the attorney general
says loopholes in laws against computer fraud that
have allowed some hackers to escape punishment have to
be closed as well.
/// RENO ACT ///
We may also need to update our track and trace
laws under which we are able to identify the
origin and destination of telephone calls and
computer messages. Under current law, in some
instances we must obtain court orders in
multiple jurisdictions to trace a single
communication.
/// END ACT ///
Executives from some of the country's top Internet
sites have told President Clinton they don't want an
increase in government regulation of the web and
prefer that security of cyberspace be left in the
hands of private industry. (SIGNED)
NEB/NJS/LTD/KL
16-Feb-2000 14:08 PM EDT (16-Feb-2000 1908 UTC)
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Source: Voice of America
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