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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
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NEWS ABOUT: online crime

online crime stories: 4 news summaries

 Hackers Spread Coupon Scam 

Online fakes could cost millions, and take years, to clean up

Aug 27, 08 5:40 PM CDT
(Newser) - An online coupon scam could cost manufacturers millions, and years, to clean up, the Seattle Times reports. A California company says coupons it created as part of a marketing pitch were hacked and distributed across the internet. The firm responded by canceling all coupons related to the scheme, embarrassing even... More »

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fraud • Facebook • scam • online crime • coupons • retailers

Patch for Major Security Flaw
Is Ineffective

Widely distributed fix for Internet failing only slows the damage

Aug 9, 08 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - A fatal flaw in Internet security has a patch, but it’s a leaky one, the New York Times reports. Yesterday, a Russian scientist demonstrated an attack that secretly redirected web traffic. It took him just hours using standard equipment; before the patch, it would have taken seconds. Thieves... More »

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Internet • domain names • identity theft • software • data theft • online crime • Dan Kaminsky

 A Brothel Manager's Guidebook 

Lessons learned from Spitzer's favorite online escort service

Mar 12, 08 12:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - There are important lessons to be gleaned from Eliot Spitzer’s shenanigans. Namely: how to effectively run a brothel for the well-to-do. Using cached pages from the now-defunct Emperors Club website, Josh Levin lays out a business plan in Slate.
  1. Keep out the riff-raff: 92% of the club’s
... More »

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entrepreneurs • prostitution • Eliot Spitzer • website • brothel • online crime • prostitute • prostitution ring • Emperors Club

'Little Emperors' Run Riot
in China

Single-child pressures & tech revolution blamed in crime surge

Dec 5, 07 5:12 AM CST
(Newser) - China is seeing an explosion in youth crime, and the effects of the one-child policy  and sweeping social and technological change are thought to be partly to blame, reports Reuters. Juvenile delinquency has doubled in the last decade, with offenders getting bolder and more innovative. "They are committing new... More »

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China • youth • cybercrime • juveniles • online crime

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