Phishers Arrested In Eastern Europe and US

An anonymous reader writes to let us know about the roundup of a phishing gang by the FBI and authorities in Poland and Romania. 18 arrests were made in what the FBI calls "Operation Cardkeeper." The gang has allegedly been selling stolen identities and information on credit cards and bank accounts since at least 2004. To remind us what a drop in the bucket such international operations are, the article says: "The Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry consortium, said more than 10,000 phishing Web sites were active on the Internet in August, about double the number of sites in January."

Re:Convictions?

[ReidMaynard]

They are sentenced to eating Filet-O-Phish for eternity.

Re:The real question is:

[brian1078]

No, no, no... Everyone knows that Canada is the 51st state.

Interesting

[Anonymous Coward]

To remind us what a drop in the bucket such international operations are, the article says: "The Anti-Phishing Working Group, an industry consortium, said more than 10,000 phishing Web sites were active on the Internet in August, about double the number of sites in January."

Yes, and of course, dont forget the webstandard ..... one web site per person.

Re:The real question is:

[Anonymous Coward]

Canada is an ice skating rink. It needs more than 12 people to qualify as a state.