"Hackers have launched an assault on websites in Italy and around the world dubbed the Italian Job in a move seen by internet security experts as the next step in the escalating problem of cyber crime. Gangs presumed to be based in eastern Europe have probably infected more than 10,000 web pages on popular websites…

"Reports of a major breach of security involving the board of directors of the corporation managing Los Alamos National Laboratory came to light Thursday. The chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee that oversees the nuclear complex wrote to Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman citing information obtained by committee staff from sources outside the department.…