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Re: Most Computer Attacks Originate in USA

hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com
19 Mar 2007 11:59:06 -0700

I have some questions on this report and would appreciate hearing what
other people think of it and expand on what was said. Thanks!

On Mar 19, 2:00 pm, Jordan Robertson, AP <a...@telecom-digest.org>
wrote:

> Criminals may purchase verified credit card numbers for as little as
> $1, and they can buy a complete identity -- a date of birth and
> U.S. bank account, credit card and government-issued identification
> numbers -- for $14, according to Symantec's twice-yearly Internet
> Security Threat Report released Monday.

What is the original source for the stolen information? Is anything
being done to stop the leaks?

> The legitimate owner of the computer typically doesn't know the
> machine has been taken over -- and the phenomenon is largely
> responsible for the palpable increase in junk e-mail in the past half
> year.

Is anything being done to notify the owners of such machines so they
can correct the problem? If not, why not?

> Symantec said it expects to see more threats begin to emerge against
> Microsoft's Vista operating system.

Wasn't one of the big features of Vista supposed to be better security
to prevent that sort of thing?

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