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February 06, 2007

Go Phish!

I'm not usually the type of person that becomes happy when hearing about other peoples misfortunes. But I must admit that reading about the conviction of Jeffrey Goodin made me feel upbeat because we're starting to see more and more focus, effort and force in making the Internet a safe place for everyone.

"Jeffrey Brett Goodin has become the first person convicted by a jury for launching a phishing attack aimed at America Online (AOL) users. He faces more than 100 years in prison following the decision under the CAN SPAM Act late last week in Los Angeles.

The jury found that Goodin operated an Internet-based scheme to trick people into believing they were providing information to a legitimate business.

In addition to the CAN-SPAM Act charges, Goodin was found guilty of 10 other counts, including wire fraud, aiding and abetting the unauthorized use of a credit card, possession of more than 15 unauthorized credit cards."

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Posted by: Paul Beugeling at February 6, 2007 10:33 AM