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Gone Phishing?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the drop-a-line,-wait-for-a-bite dept.

Zastrossi writes "According to the Anti-Phishing Working Group, phishing sites--the practice of making sites that look and act like popular sites such as banks in order to steal personal information from customers--rose from 543 sites in September to 1,142 sites in October. Gartner reports that phishing scams cost banks and credit-card companies $10.2 billion."

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  1. Comedy Central's ThanXgiveaway by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Anyone have today's codes?

  2. YOU FAIL IT by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    later ssen in