Three of the sites inspected showed signs that hackers had gained access to the computers through external telephone lines. Dr Frank Taylor, chairman of the British Computer Society's security committee, said there is no real evidence that hackers are causing large financial losses. Dr Taylor's horror stories have a more humdrum flavour. One concerns a building supplies company which had no security on its counter terminals. Crooked employees were able to give huge discounts to friends, and the company went broke.
Computers face a host of dangers from everyday activities, the report says.
It causes less damage if spilt. I recently learned that there was more to the story. The goal is to give more time for people to get intown in the mornings and out of town in the evening. Since the power loss occurred late in the afternoon, evening rush hour traffic was snarled more than usual. The following items were posted to the delphi digest on mod.mac.