The Economy of Online Crime 119
hdtv writes "You might call the thugs or thieves, but on their own closed forums and referral-only Web sites, they value honesty and reputation. Fortune magazine looks into the black market for stolen credit card numbers and identities. What's interesting is that so few of the criminals retrieve their information via breaking into online stores." From the article: "Gaffan says these credit card numbers and data are almost never obtained by criminals as a result of legitimate online card use. More often the fraudsters get them through offline credit card number thefts in places like restaurants, when computer tapes are stolen or lost, or using 'pharming' sites, which mimic a genuine bank site and dupe cardholders into entering precious private information. Another source of credit card data are the very common 'phishing' scams, in which an e-mail that looks like it's from a bank prompts someone to hand over personal data."
Re:Phising getting more and more "important" (Score:1, Funny)
good and bad (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Will the real site please stand up. (Score:3, Funny)
But then your bladder might exshplode.
Re:pharming? (Score:5, Funny)
Re:Amazing complexity (Score:4, Funny)
Re:pharming? (Score:2, Funny)
Here's a hint; if it only has one teat instead of four