Germany Makes Arrests In Global Phishing Scam

Monkier writes "PC World reports on a sting by German police resulting in the arrest of ten people suspected of a phishing scam. The group was targeted bank customers with emails from organizations like eBay and Deutsche Telekom. The team attached software to the emails that recorded data entered into the host computers. From the article: '"This case shows that criminal organizations are using the Internet more and more to gain enormous amounts of money with a supposedly low risk of being caught," said Crime Office President Joerg Ziercke in a statement. "The authorities face constant new challenges in the fight against computer crime where perpetrators are developing a higher degree of professionalism and specialization." The office said the suspects had led luxurious lifestyles involving expensive jewelry, cars and travel.'"

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Re:Global crime, national governments

[The Living Fractal]

Face it, the world IS STILL divided into little independent fiefdoms. And who is this 'we' that are acting like it's a good idea? Maybe you mean the people that recognize the nature of their power (of many types), and where it comes from? In other words, having a world government would severely hinder the "haves" in keeping themselves separate from the "nots".

I read the Metagovernment website. Pie-in-the-sky ideas. Sounds good on paper but the only thing that would ever make it even remotely possible to implement is massive, worldwide violence on a scale never before seen which somehow only killed the people who wanted to maintain their power.

Seriously, I mean, it sounds good but it's just not gonna go smoothly if it ever happens.