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RE: FTC Gets Broader Authority to Pursue Foreign Spammers
From: Larry Seltzer <Larry () larryseltzer com>
Date: Tue, 26 Dec 2006 13:40:38 -0500
I hear those spammers are branching out into weapons of mass destruction. Gotta do something about it. Larry Seltzer eWEEK.com Security Center Editor http://security.eweek.com/ http://blog.eweek.com/blogs/larry%5Fseltzer/ Contributing Editor, PC Magazine larryseltzer () ziffdavis com -----Original Message----- From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On Behalf Of Fergie Sent: Tuesday, December 26, 2006 1:12 PM To: funsec () linuxbox org Subject: [funsec] FTC Gets Broader Authority to Pursue Foreign Spammers -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Via The L.A. Times. [snip] It's the start of an Interpol for the Internet. The Federal Trade Commission soon will go global in its hunt for spammers, phishers and other online scammers. President Bush signed a bill Friday that gives the commission broader authority to pursue e-crooks in other countries. The FTC had pushed for more than three years for the new powers, which will help it shut down scammers such as the polite Nigerians who e-mail thousands of people a day with tales of woe and promises of riches to those kind enough to help. [snip] More: http://www.latimes.com/technology/la-fi-foreignspam26dec26,1,275015.stor y - - ferg -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP Desktop 9.5.2 (Build 4075) wj8DBQFFkWXbq1pz9mNUZTMRAs0NAKDOckGZOZAaY43gJuwfzUMTCtnJ2QCgnkfS mrjqIj7vk4jCBE1sVR3m5kM= =LaTV -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- "Fergie", a.k.a. Paul Ferguson Engineering Architecture for the Internet fergdawg(at)netzero.net ferg's tech blog: http://fergdawg.blogspot.com/ _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list. _______________________________________________ Fun and Misc security discussion for OT posts. https://linuxbox.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/funsec Note: funsec is a public and open mailing list.
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