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 [Pajamadeen.com] Infamous Romanian eBay Hacker Arrested: Both the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) and the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) have repeatedly warned that eBay is a dangerous website to visit, due to many instances in which scripting, poorly written code and other website problems have left customers vulnerable to attack.

[Dodian.com Forums] A Note About Vladuz: England disputed Baldwin's assertion that a hacker or hackers gained access to the companyâ€â™s computers, saying that phishing schemes remain very successful and provide criminals with a ready supply of eBay logins.

[Security Watch] Latest information Security News Roundup: eBay warns of Romanian phishing threat http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39170306,00.htm. Money or your life, scam warns http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=5&objectid=10497340 ...

[I Stole Your Identity] Man sentenced in ATM identity theft case (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette): A federal judge in Pittsburgh has sentenced a man who was part of a Romanian organized crime ring to prison for his role in skimming identity information from automated teller machines in Pennsylvania and Ohio. Original post by Yahoo!

 [ScamFraudAlert] Romanian Authorities Arrest 9 of 22 Defendants: The dismantlement of this organized crime network was the result of close cooperation with the US Department of Justice and FBI through its Legal Attache in Bucharest, together with police officers of the General Directorate for Combating Organized Crime and the Constanta Brigade for Combating Organized Crime, supported by the fighters of Romanian Gendarmerie.

[California Attorney Lawyers] Tech fraud poses threat to US, attorney general says in San Jose: At the Tech Museum of Innovation, Mukasey warned that the proliferation of fake medicines, medical equipment and fake spare parts for fake cars, aircraft and electronic devices, “a real and immediate risk to the public .”

 [TrustedID Identity Theft Blog: Identity Theft Protection] FBI Busts Global Phishing Ring: PC Pro reports that the FBI has busted several American, Polish and Romanian members of an international phishing ring. The phishers allegedly engaged in illegal activities to steal confidential information via the Internet.

 [Paul's Blog] Phishing gang arrested in USA and Eastern Europe after FBI ...: Sophos's reliably engineered, easy-to-operate products protect more than 35 million users in more than 150 countries. Through 20 years' experience and a global network of threat analysis centers, the company responds rapidly to emerging threats - no matter how complex - and achieves the highest levels of customer satisfaction in the industry.

 [Anti-Phishing Blog] Is CAN SPAM Effective?: He said the FBI considers the CAN SPAM Act to be an effective tool in combating spam on the internet. He went on to say that even though a lot of spam originates outside of the U.S. our law enforcement agencies are now getting more cooperation from international law enforcement agencies.

[JJMacey Dot Net] The Worst Spammers: Yet EBay users are the daily targets of phishing scams, spoof e-mails and fake listing attacks. Such schemes don’t cost EBay any money. But some of its customers pay dearly. And they expect EBay to do something about it. ...

 [FireMeg.com ebay Inc. News Blog] eBay Inc. Caught in Web of Lies About Hacking Attack: Since ebaY obviously does not know how deep this problem goes, it is possible that ALL user information on the ebaY site has been breached, so if you have ever used ebaY, and have any sensitive information recorded on the site - such as a credit card or bank account information - you need to monitor your accounts for possible problems....The other thing that is abundantly clear in all this, is that ebaY is NOT secure, even if we just consider the user ID email address factor that ebaY is so adamant about in their hiding user IDs from users, but obviously not from scammers, but then ebaY's lack of secure systems has been obvious since we first reported on the activities of Vladuz and the Chinese hackers, 11 months ago.

[Event Horizon 1984 Blog] The Register - eBay goes hacker hunting in Romania: 31 of that year), the graph maps a single downwardslope that moves from about 14.5 auctions to 14.05, a difference ofabout 450,000, or about one-fourth of the heaviest recent activity.(The latter chart, below, is typical of account volume prior to Jan.31.) To critics, the recent volatility is proof of an increase in thecat-and-mouse game playing out between fraudsters and eBay's securityteam. Many suspect Vladuz and his clients are responsible for thesupposed increase in fraudulent postings.

 [TechnoMagicians Weblog] FBI Tracks Down Big Phish: The FBI is still trying to track down others involved, including some in Romania. While it's definitely great to see them finally bring down a big phishing group, it should suggest how big a problem this really is that it's taken this .

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