Five states sued the federal government and Chicago’s water authority July 19 seeking emergency action to block Asian carp from entering the Great Lakes, according to Reuters. Environmentalists said the invasive fish could devastate salmon and native fish, while regional officials fear the voracious species could destroy the region’s $7-billion fishery industry. (See item 34)
Computerworld reports that hundreds of people in the information security, military and intelligence fields shared personal information and documents with a fictitious Navy cyberthreat analyst named “Robin Sage” created by a security researcher to illustrate the risks of social networking. (See item 41)
