12/10/97
        
                                                                               
HACKERS BREAK INTO YAHOO! WEB SITE:                                            
Computer experts are skeptical of a threat made by hackers who broke
into the Internet's most popular site, threatening to unleash a crippling      
virus. A group calling themselves PANTS/HAGIS infiltrated the Yahoo! Web
site Monday night. A digital ransom note was posted demanding the release 
of Kevin Mitnick, indicted on charges involving a multi-million dollar 
crime wave in cyberspace. The group says their virus would activate on 
Christmas Day 1998 if Mitnick isn't released from jail. Computer security 
experts doubt the group infiltrated the Yahoo! site.                                                   


skeptical              [スケプチカル]   懐疑的な、
hacker                 ハッカー 
break into             ここでは、「に割り込む」。
unleash                を解放する、
cripple               （機能を）麻痺させる、不具にする。
infiltrate             [infiltreit]   潜入する、を侵入させる。
ransom                 身代金、賠償金。
a multi-million dollar 何百万ドル
cyberspace