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"Suspicious packages discovered in Dubai and England in air cargo shipments to the U.S. contained explosive materials and appeared headed for Jewish places of worship in Chicago, President Obama confirmed Thursday afternoon".


I don't get it was there explosive or not?
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Lawyer Sues Facebook Claiming Other Users Defamed Him
from the they-don't-teach-section-230? dept

It's always impressive when you see lawyers file lawsuits which suggest they're not entirely familiar with the law. Eric Goldman points us to a lawsuit filed by a Nevada lawyer, Jonathan Goldsmith, suing Facebook and two Facebook users for defamation, due to some mean Facebook comments.
Of course, Section 230 clearly shields Facebook from the actions of its users in defamation cases. As a lawyer, aren't you supposed to be aware of the law? There are some other oddities in the lawsuit as well, such as claiming both slander and libel for the Facebook comments. Normally, slander applies to spoken comments, libel to written. Now, I recall at least one case (in the UK, not the US), where the court suggested online forums were more like slander than libel, but it still seems a bit odd to see it in this case. And, either way, he claims both slander and libel. There are a few other oddities as well, including a claim that the mean comments on Facebook caused him to "seize" advertising on the site. I'm assuming he meant "cease"?

Yet again, it seems like sometimes even when people say mean stuff about you online, which might not be true, it's better to just shrug it off than filing a lawsuit, drawing a lot more attention to the mean things... and anything else that might get attention.
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For All The Cyberwar Talk, Turns Out There Have Been Fewer Attacks On The Pentagon's Network
from the cyberlull dept

For all the recent talk of "cyberwar," with particular emphasis on the idea that hackers in foreign countries were bombarding US gov't and military institutions with constant internet attacks, it now turns out that "incidents of malicious cyber activity" against the Pentagon have been on the decline this year. There still have been plenty of attempts to breach the network, but it's a much lower number than in the past. And that seems to contradict what Pentagon officials have been saying.

Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn, who's been leading the charge for why the Pentagon should be in charge of cybersecurity, recently claimed that the frequency was increasing exponentially. Except that's not true, apparently. The NSA, who is the main group within the Defense Department that wants to handle cybersecurity, apparently had its boss specifically (falsely) claim that he was "alarmed by the increase, especially this year." Of course, there are still plenty of attacks -- no one is denying that, but it's even more evidence that the folks looking to use this to gain more power are clearly exaggerating what's going on.
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Virus levels jumped up 111% between August 2009 and August 2010, with a new record of 188 million viruses being blocked in a single day, according to the Official Google Enterprise Blog. "August saw a massive 241% increase in virus volume over July, representing the greatest recorded surge in viral activity since 2008. This recent increase in viral activity could indicate a 'gearing up' as spammers attempt to construct botnets in time for the holiday season and increased consumer spending."
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