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Follow the Money According to a survey conducted by the Gartner Group, 3.6 million adults lost $3.2 billion in 2007, a 200 percent increase over 2005 statistics. Who’s making the money on these fraudulent sites? Although it’s hard to find the culprits, who hide their tracks with technological smoke screens, there have been two notable arrests. In 2005, Valdir Paulo de Almeida was arrested in Brazil for heading up one of the largest phishing crime rings. His organization made between $18 million and $37 million during a two-year period. In 2006, the Japanese authorities arrested a team of eight phishing criminals who made a quick $870,000.
40 Beef Up Your E-Mail Security The convenience of e-mail and instant messaging can easily eclipse good judgment and cause security issues. Understanding that an online note can be forwarded to the entire world still doesn’t stop some people from abusing the medium. Examples of security blunders are continually hitting the headlines. • In 2006, Mark Foley, Republican congressman of Florida, resigned because of inappropriate e-mails and IMs sent to congressional pages in 2005. • Harry Stonecipher, Boeing CEO, resigned after email love letters surfaced that had been sent to his Boeing VP mistress. • In 2003, the Federal Energy Regulatory Committee (FERC) investigating the Enron scandal posted 1.6
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