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by Mike Masnick

Thu, Mar 31st 2005 12:40pm





Microsoft Fishing For Phishers

from the hunt-them-down dept

Microsoft, who has been very active in filing lawsuits against spammers lately, is now moving on to target those behind phishing scams. The company filed 117 lawsuits against John Does accused of phishing. At this point, they're just trying to track down who is responsible -- but it's good to see Microsoft getting into this fight.

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    Michael G. Cohen, Apr 1st, 2005 @ 11:29am

    Phishing - Law Students No Nothing

    I am happy to see Microsoft pursuing this. Education is what is needed in this area. I invite you to check out some of my writings for my Cyberlaw class on this subject. Thank you.

     

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