Will Cybercriminals Run the World?
Yes, if they get their hands on the right encryption technology, says science fiction writer and Internet expert Bruce Sterling in a special article for TIME. After all, if amateur hackers today can crack into almost any web site they want, imagine what would happen if organized crime got in on the act. But they'd be up against the folks from the super-secret National Security Agency — and you don't want to mess with those guys....
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    What year was the first computer invented?

    a) 1954
    b) 1960
    c) 1949
    d) 1972
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    web resources
    The National Security Agency
    The National Security Agency is the nation's cryptologic headquarters, "Providing and Protecting Vital Information Through Cryptology"

    DEFCON 2000
    DEFCON is an annual computer underground conference/party for hackers held in Las Vegas, Nev., every summer for the past seven years

    The Hackers News Network
    A source of "news from the computer underground for the computer underground," as well as "the activities of the underground without the biases of the mainstream media"/font>

    2600: The Hacker Quarterly
    2600 magazine has been in publication since 1984