NewsScan Daily, 2 September 2003 ("Above The Fold")

NewsScan Daily, 2 September 2003 ("Above The Fold")
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"ABOVE THE FOLD"
        Computer Security Fears
        Growth of Internet Telephony
        Calling All Spammers
        Virus Writers Usually Get Off Easy
        Who Owns Your Personal Data Anyway?
        Gaming For Money

FEATURES
        Flash Card
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COMPUTER SECURITY FEARS
A study by Federal Computer Week and the Pew Internet & American Life 
Project has found that about one in every two Americans fear terrorists 
will launch cyberattacks on the large networks that operate the banking, 
electrical transportation and water systems, disrupting everyday life and 
possibly crippling economic activity. The poll was taken before the Blaster 
worm infected millions of computers world. Well-known computer security 
expert Peter Neumann of SRI International says it's good that the public is 
becoming more aware of just how serious the threat can be: "Until now, the 
standard answer you get is, 'We've never had the Pearl Harbor of