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Senate Bill Targets Phishers
David McGuire, Washington Post 2004-07-12

Internet scam artists who use fake Web sites to dupe people into revealing sensitive financial information could face up to five years in jail and forced to pay $250,000 in fines under a bill introduced late last week in the Senate.

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Senate Bill Targets Phishers 2004-07-13
Rob
Since the majority of phising exploits come out of Russia or Asia, I fail to see how US legislation is anything more than a feel-good response.

Banks should be legislated to provide greater security around their authentication methods. Malls have been sucesfully sued when patrons are robbed bec...

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