FC: Nevada politician unwittingly emails porn to colleagues

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

In Washington, this happened to Sen. Bennett, the former chairman of the 
Republican High-Tech Task Force and the current chairman of a GOP working 
group on "cyber safety and critical infrastructure protection":
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,43740,00.html

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From: terry.s () juno com
To: declan () well com
Date: Tue, 15 May 2001 15:51:46 -0400
Subject: Legislature in Porn Virus Web

Your Taxpayer Dollars At Work
Lawmaker Accidentally Catches Legislature In Porn Virus Web
Law Vegas Review-Journal

Communication at the Legislature has come a long way from 20 years ago
when lanky powerhouse lobbyist Jim Joyce would wave his tie as a signal
to other lobbyists to rescue him from an unwanted conversation  But now
e-mail is the communication of choice. Got a laptop? Sit in a hearing
and e-mail the legislators on the committee during the testimony.  Anyone
can do it, but it only works with lawmakers who are computer savvy and
check their e-mails, like Assemblyman Dennis Nolan, R-Las Vegas. Nolan
opened a porn virus which shut down the Legislature's e-mail Wednesday
and Thursday. He opened the e-mail, thinking it was from an engineering
associate, but it was a virus that sent X-rated pictures to all the
people on his address book -- including fellow lawmakers.

http://www.lvrj.com/lvrj_home/2001/May-14-Mon-2001/news/16070714.html




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