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[FYI] German Pol Backtracks on Hack
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- Subject: [FYI] German Pol Backtracks on Hack
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2001 00:22:35 +0200
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German Pol Backtracks on Hack
by Steve Kettmann
11:30 a.m. Apr. 10, 2001 PDT
BERLIN -- Germany Interior Minister Otto Schily has taken at least a
half-step back from a threat to use denial-of-service attacks to shut
down neo-Nazi websites in the United States and elsewhere.
The statement Tuesday by Schily's spokesman was expected, given the
furor in Germany and elsewhere over the idea of a government
potentially getting into the hacking business.
"It's wrong to talk about hacking," Schily spokesman Dirk Inger said,
suggesting that media accounts had misinterpreted Schily's previous
remarks.
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