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Submission + - FreeBSD 6.3 had been released

Submitted by efklides
efklides writes: FreeBSD 6.3-RELEASE has been released.Here is the official announcement. This release continues the development of the 6-STABLE branch providing performance and stability improvements, many bug fixes and new features.
Security

Submission + - CIA admits cyberattacks blacked out cities

Submitted by Stony Stevenson
Stony Stevenson writes: The CIA has admitted that cyberattacks have caused at least one power outage affecting multiple cities outside the United States. Alan Paller, director of research at the SANS Institute, said that CIA senior analyst Tom Donahue confirmed that online attackers had caused at least one blackout. The disclosure was made at a New Orleans security conference Friday attended by international government officials, engineers, and security managers from North American energy companies and utilities. Paller said that Donahue presented him with a written statement that read, "We have information, from multiple regions outside the United States, of cyber intrusions into utilities, followed by extortion demands. We suspect, but cannot confirm, that some of these attackers had the benefit of inside knowledge. We have information that cyberattacks have been used to disrupt power equipment in several regions outside the United States. In at least one case, the disruption caused a power outage affecting multiple cities. We do not know who executed these attacks or why, but all involved intrusions through the Internet."
Graphics

Submission + - New ATI Driver Released for Linux 3

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An anonymous reader writes: A new ATI proprietary driver has been released for both x86 and x86_64. Release notes and installation instructions can be found on the ATI website.

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