To: anon@anon.penet.fi Subject: CRYPTOANARCHIST INFILTRATION ALERT X-Anon-Password: poison x-anon-to:cypherpunks@toad.com ATTENTION ALL INTERNET PERSONNEL THE INTERNET OUTLET szabo@netcom.com HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS A CRYPTOANARCHIST CYBERSPACE INFILTRATION SITE TO A 93.67% DEGREE CERTAINTY VIA PSEUDOSPOOFING DETECTION SOFTWARE. MAIL, POSTS, AND OTHER EMANATIONS FROM THIS OUTLET ARE CONSIDERED LIKELY TO BE HIGHLY SUBVERSIVE AND DANGEROUS CRYPTOANARCHIST DISINFORMATION AND PROPAGANDA FROM ONE OR MORE CRYPTOANARCHIST CO-CONSPIRATORS. MULTIPLE SENSITIVE INTERNET MAILING LISTS, FAQS, AND FORUMS HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED. INFORMATION ORIGINATING FROM THIS OUTLET IN THE FOLLOWING AREAS IS PARTICULARLY SUSPECT: - PROMOTION OF PSEUDOANONYMITY AND THE COLLECTION OF MULTIPLE FAKE CYBERSPACE IDENTITIES (MISTATED AS `PURE ANONYMITY') - PROMOTION OF UNTRACEABLE `BLACK' CASH AND RELATED CRYPTOGRAPHIC TECHNIQUES (PARTICULARLY CHAUMIAN) - FALSE REFERENCES AND DISINFORMATION ON THE ACTUAL `CRYPTOANARCHIST' AGENDA - PROMOTION OF THE `COLLAPSE OF GOVERNMENTS' - SUBTLE ANTI-DEMOCRACY GOALS AND ANTI-DEMOCRATIC SENTIMENTS - PROMOTION OF DISINFORMATION, PROPAGANDA, AND DECEPTION E.G. IN THE MEDIA - PROMOTION OF TAX EVASION - PROMOTION OF CRIMINAL EVASION OF IDENTITIFICATION MEASURES FOR E.G. BLACK MARKETEERING - ELEVATING AND PERPETUATING SUBVERSIONS OF IDENTITY E.G. PSEUDOSPOOFING AND PSEUDOPOOLS AS `LIBERATING FLUIDITY OF IDENTITY' ON THE INTERNET - PROMOTION OF ABUSE OF INFORMATION THROUGH E.G. LEAKS, BURGLARY, OR ESPIONAGE - FALSE DETAILS ON PERSONAL IDENTITY AND CORROBORATION OF THE EXISTENCE OF OTHER IDENTITIES - INFILTRATION, PROVOCATION, AND SABOTAGE OF MAILING LIST DISCUSSIONS OUTSIDE OF CHARTERS INTO THE `CRYPTOANARCHIST' AGENDA - PROMOTION OF OTHER FAKE IDENTITIES - PUBLIC AND PRIVATE ATTACKS ON REAL IDENTITIES EMPLOYING COUNTERMEASURES AGAINST THE CRYPTOANARCHIST MOVEMENT - MANIPULATION AND TERRORISM IN PRIVATE MAIL - COLLECTION OF SENSITIVE PRIVATE INFORMATION AND MAIL FROM COMMUNICATING `OUTSIDE' INDIVIDUALS INTERNET INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ARE ADVISED TO EXAMINE AND PURGE ARCHIVES AND RECORDS OF ALL INFORMATION ORIGINATING FROM THIS OUTLET AS CRYPTOANARCHIST DISINFORMATION. ITEMS RECOVERED FROM THIS OUTLET SHOULD BE REPOSTED FOR PUBLIC EXPOSURE. QUESTIONS REGARDING THIS ADVISORY ALERT CAN BE ADDRESSED TO cypherpunks@toad.com BACKGROUND INFORMATION ON THE CRYPTOANARCHIST MOVEMENT IS AVAILABLE IN RISKS 15.25, 15.27, AND 15.28X, FTP CRVAX.SRI.COM DIRECTORY /RISKS: ADDITIONAL BULLETINS WILL BE ISSUED AS EVENTS WARRANT.