News: DOJ Operation Slam Spam

[Jeff Chan <je...@surbl.org>]

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20040825/ap_on_hi_te/computer_crime_1

> U.S. Makes Series of Arrests for Spam
> 
> Wed Aug 25,11:46 AM ET
> 
> By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer
> 
> WASHINGTON - The Justice Department (news - web sites) has made a
> series of arrests against purveyors of e-mail "spam" as part of a
> nationwide crackdown against Internet scam artists, a marketing
> group said Wednesday
[...]
>  The investigation involves more than 100 arrests, search
> warrants and other enforcement actions, such as subpoenas. 
> 
> Many of the cases involve "phishing,"
[...]
> Other cases in the crackdown involve pornography and use of
> spam, or unsolicited e-mails, to infect computers with viruses
> that can obtain personal data or be used be a hacker to further
> spread the virus. 

Jeff C.
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