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Spyware Based ID Theft Ring Uncovered

Posted by Zonk on from the dirty-pool dept.

phaedo00 wrote to mention an Ars Technica article discussing a massive identity theft ring uncovered by security software firm Sunbelt. From the article:"According to one of their employees, Alex Eckelberry, during the course of one of their recent investigations into a particular Spyware application--rumored to be called CoolWebSearch--they've discovered that the personal information of those 'infected' was being captured and uploaded to a server."

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  1. Re:Bound to happen eventually by Dunbal · · Score: 0, Troll

    That said, we brits have a reputation for being heavily infected,

          Not as much as Africa. Oh wait, what infection are we talking about here?

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  2. Re:One of the very worst.. by Barbarian · · Score: 0, Troll

    It's about time somebody got sent to jail for a LONG time for this kind of crap.

    Preferably a LONG, HARD, STIFF time in one of those type of jails.

  3. Re:Bound to happen eventually by CdBee · · Score: 0, Troll

    bad teeth, I guess.

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