Justice Dept. to Create 10 Computer Crime Units
Attorney General John Ashcroft has announced a plan to create the Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) units. CHIP will be a system of ten offices concentrating on the prosecution of computer crime. Attorneys in the units will be trained to prosecute computer intrusion, copyright violations, and fraud on the Internet.Justice Dept. Creates Anti-'Hacking' Units, Newsbytes, July 20, 2001.