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Friday, May 03, 2002
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-898084.html?tag=fd_top University systems a haven for hackers Robert Lemos, Staff Writer, CNET News.com VANCOUVER, British Columbia--College is intended to nurture the quest for knowledge, but many universities are also unwitting breeding grounds for hacking and online piracy. In a presentation here at the CanSecWest security conference, David Dittrich, senior security engineer with the University of Washington, said university politics and a lack of emphasis on computer security have made college networks rife with online piracy and hacking. The networks "are a real fertile ground," Dittrich said in an interview after the presentation. "There is a responsibility that the universities are not meeting."...
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