Moscow Said To Withhold Full Help On Cyber-Blitz

[mea culpa <jericho () DIMENSIONAL COM>]

From: William Knowles <erehwon () kizmiaz dis org>


http://news.excite.com/news/r/991104/15/net-russia-usa

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Russian authorities have withheld full cooperation
in a multinational probe of computer heists from sensitive Defense
Department and other U.S. networks, a top National Security Agency
official said.

"They haven't been fully forthcoming about what's happened on the Net,"
John Nagengast, assistant deputy director for information systems
security, said late Wednesday.

U.S. authorities are not yet sure whether electronic back doors may have
been secretly crafted as part of the intrusions dubbed Moonlight Maze, he
said in an interview with Reuters.

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