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Duh, reply to story is the other button
In response to worknman's question "So, why don't they
arrest them?"

It is not an easy task to track back to the people behind the
phishing attempts. Often the website are hosted or emails
originate from hacked machines and the real owners don't
know they've been compromised.

Unfortunately other zombie machines also make tracing the
real source of traffic difficult. Like in the movies with phone
calls being routed via many intermediaries a clever hacker
will do the same. Add to that the international police co-
operation required and the hacker has likely moved on
before any attempt to trace them can be organised.

The only solution is education and better software. The
latter is the part that needs the most attention (any giant
convicted monopolists listening?).
Posted by: Richard Flude   Posted on: 05/04/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use
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Here's a question ...  worknman | 05/04/05
Step up MS  Richard Flude | 05/04/05
Duh, reply to story is the other button  Richard Flude | 05/04/05
You're making an assumption...  gfeier | 05/04/05
Not just an assumption  Richard Flude | 05/04/05
That leaves 66 %...  gfeier | 05/05/05
Absolutely right  ebrke | 05/05/05
To easy to avoid detection  voska | 05/05/05
MS Windows is the problem, it's insecure and flawed!  matrixdomain | 05/04/05
I tell ya, I'm going BACK to my Mac for online banking...  BitTwiddler | 05/05/05
B of A  Bill4 | 05/05/05
Blame the OS  bobiroc | 05/05/05
The myth that MS is attacked because its more popular  whisperycat | 05/05/05
The myth that MS is attacked because its more popular  whisperycat | 05/05/05
The Big Picture  bobiroc | 05/05/05
Sorry but the MS marketing argument won't work  whisperycat | 05/06/05
No!  bobiroc | 05/06/05
Now if I was a scammer ...  George Mitchell | 05/05/05
Guys like you give Linux a bad name  Squawkbox | 05/05/05
Thanks for another unbiased post  I_am_hellion_z | 05/05/05
What we need to do!  chalkbd@... | 05/05/05
Not to worry  nucrash | 05/05/05
3.0 Mike Cox I am not.  nucrash | 05/05/05
Don't be so hard on yourself  Michael Kelly | 05/05/05
Not A Problem At Our Organization  itanalyst | 05/05/05
7.5 for the rookie  luke_sg | 05/05/05
If this ever becomes a problem with Linux ...  George Mitchell | 05/05/05
you wish because you don't know  matrixdomain | 05/05/05
MS is to blame b/c they have done nothing to fix the probs!  kbeartxzd | 05/05/05
Linux isn't exactly innocent  severian@... | 05/06/05
really?  matrixdomain | 05/06/05
you are a fraud  matrixdomain | 05/06/05
we are waiting .....  matrixdomain | 05/06/05

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