Those attacked in America included the Republican Caucus of the California Legislature and an office of the Interior Department. It said its audits show many agencies have not really implemented an effective information security program. The amount of Web sites defaced, the fact that they were all government Web servers and that they were in three different time zones makes this new. Federal sites attacked included some of the military services, the space administration, the Treasury and the federal court system. The attackers hit a number of local government sites in both the United Kingdom and Australia.
Attrition is a Web site which monitors computer attacks.
Some think so. The Silicon Valley, for instance, saw power demands jump 12 percent last year, compared with 2-3 percent for the rest of the state. He said the Silicon Valley power demand could double in the next two or three years. Another observer said that other areas, such as Seattle and Phoenix, also could eventually be at risk because of high demand from computer centers. Expert opinions differ on energy use of computers.