FC: G8 nations bar public from debate, Europeans want 1-year records

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Thanks to Kevin and Robert for sending in their finds and helping with 
this experiment in "full coverage." Looks like two things of note have 
happened: The G8 summit, as predicted, is happening behind closed doors. 
And Europeans want to require all Internet providers to store traffic (it's 
unclear whether it's *all* (!) traffic or not) for one year. --Declan]


http://cbc.ca/cp/world/000515/w051589.html

Conference explores ways to fight international cybercrime
DEBORAH SEWARD

PARIS (AP) - Wanted: cybersleuths and cyberlaws. With attacks on the Internet
spreading worldwide, government and business leaders worked Monday on
developing more powerful tools to fight cross-border cybercriminals.

The three-day conference of the Group of Eight industrial countries was 
planned long before the ILOVEYOU virus, but that attack and other recent 
Internet incursions have focused G8 leaders on the urgency of protecting 
cyberspace.

[...]

But differences have also emerged, with the United States and Europe 
grappling with issues such as privacy and how long companies should be 
required to store data transmitted on the Internet.

Europe has urged storing data for up to a year, an expensive proposition they
say is necessary to give investigators enough time to track cybercriminals. 
The United States argues there's too much information on the Net to store 
all of it.

Even how open the conference should be was a matter of debate. Monday's 
sessions, originally set to be open, were transformed into closed-door 
meetings after some G8 members objected to the open-door format.

[...]

James K. Robinson, U.S. assistant attorney general, said better-trained 
investigators were needed, as well as a simplification of international 
legal procedures so that investigators can catch cybercriminals quickly, 
before they destroy evidence of their crimes.

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> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 14:33:38 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: World tackles Cybercrime
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/36
>
> World tackles Cybercrime
>
> Industry and government leaders meet at the secretive international
> cybercrime convention in Paris.
> By Philippe Astor
> May 15, 2000 2:05 PM PT
>
> (PARIS) -- French Interior Minister Jean-Pierre Chevenement opened the
> three-day G8 computer crime conference here Monday by urging
> industrialized nations to work closely towards an international treaty on
> cybercrime, lest lawless "digital havens" sprout up on the global
> Internet.
>
> The conference, chaired jointly by France and Japan, has been scheduled
> since the G8 Summit in Russia last October. It brings together 130 public
> and private sector experts from the world's leading industrialized
> countries to compare their visions and solutions for computer security
> issues.
>
> Every country's delegation is split equally between 15 government
> officials and 15 private sector representatives. On Tuesday, Intel Corp.'s
> David Aucsmith will speak on behalf of U.S. industry. The same day
> Gemplus, a French company, will push a lobbying effort for its "smart
> card" security technology, the pride of French IT industry.
>
> ...

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http://cbc.ca/cgi-bin/templates/view.cgi?/news/2000/05/15/cybercrime000515

> From: CBCNEWS <nwonline () toronto cbc ca>
> To: declan () well com
> Subject: CBCNEWS - Internet attacks fought on international front
> Date: Mon, 15 May 2000 16:45:11 -0400 (EDT)
>
> This email has been sent to you by rguerra () cryptorights org
> The following is a news item posted on CBC NEWS ONLINE
> at http://www.cbcnews.cbc.ca/
> ____________________________________________________
> INTERNET ATTACKS FOUGHT ON INTERNATIONAL FRONT
> WebPosted Mon May 15 10:02:56 2000
>
> PARIS--Police, lawyers and government officials from the most powerful
> countries in the world are sitting down in Paris. The Group of Eight
> wants to talk about a treaty that would make attacks on computers
> recognized as a crime.
>
>  It would require countries to pass laws against crackers, people who get
> into and destroy computer records. The treaty would also allow
> prosecution for those who commit computer fraud and produce or
> distribute online child pornography.
>
>  It would set penalties and provide for extradition.
>
>  The meeting has taken on greater importance because of the so-called
> 'Love Bug'. It crippled computer networks around the globe this month.
> It's estimated that it caused billions of dollars of damage.
>
>  After it was traced to the Philippines, investigators didn't do much for
> several days while prosecutors searched for laws that could apply.

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http://www.cnn.com/2000/TECH/computing/05/15/g8.internetcrimes.ap/index.html
PARIS (AP) -- France's Interior Minister opened a three-day international
conference on fighting Internet crime by urging governments and business 
leaders Monday to intensify cooperation in fighting cross-border 
cybercriminals.

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http://www.newsbytes.com/pubNews/00/149026.html
By Steve Gold, Newsbytes
PARIS, FRANCE,
15 May 2000, 8:08 AM CST

Chevenement added that the European approach may be dictated by a
greater awareness of the worries about outside interference by states in
Europe, notably Russia and the UK.
But, he added, cybercrime is a problem that is becoming more and more
acute, and the French believe it must be curbed.

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