| FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: | CONTACT: CHRISTI HARLAN / | MARY JANE COLLIPRIEST |
| Thursday, February 17, 2000 | 202-224-0894 | 202-224-5444 |
**CANCELLED**
HEARING TO EXPLORE BANKS' KNOWLEDGE OF CYBER ATTACKS
U.S. Senator Robert F. Bennett, chairman of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Financial Institutions, has cancelled plans for a subcommittee hearing on the recent attacks against prominent e-commerce web sites.
The hearing had been scheduled for 9:30 a.m., Wednesday, March 1, in Room 628 of the Senate Dirksen Building.
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