Ireland launches phone fraud crackdown
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In an effort to stop scams that cause unwitting Internet users to get charged premium rates for calls placed by software surreptitiously installed on their PCs, Ireland is going to block outgoing calls to 13 ...
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A mobile phone service which makes your handset scream when it's been stolen was launched in Britain, with its makers claiming it could spell the end of mobile theft altogether.
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A UK firm is hoping a cell phones  security system it has developed which sets off a high pitch  scream, permanently locks the handset and wipes all data if  stolen, will halt the spiraling rise in phone theft.
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The Irish government is pushing for a law that would expand the ability of models, movie stars and elected officials to shut down unflattering media coverage.
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Ireland will block calls to 13 countries, most of them tiny islands in the Pacific, to crack down on a new scam in which internet users&#39; log-on connections are secretly diverted through rip-off telephone numbers.
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Auto-dialler programmes have plagued Irish phone users since the beginning of the year. The Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) has received some 300 phones calls from consumers regarding excessive
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Greece's agency for information security on Thursday imposed a EU76m (&pound;51.2m, $100.5m) fine on Vodafone's Greek operation for failing to prevent the illegal tapping of more than 100 mobile phones, including one used by Costas Karamanlis, prime minister.
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A new service that makes mobile phones  emit a piercing electronic scream if stolen and automatically  blocks access to sensitive data was launched in Britain on  Monday.
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A new service that makes mobile phones   emit a piercing electronic scream if stolen and automatically   blocks access to sensitive data was launched in Britain on   Monday.
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More than 100 people have been arrested in the largest global crackdown to date on identity theft, hacking and other Internet-based crimes, US Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Thursday.
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Direct dial telephone calls from Ireland to 13 other countries are to be blocked because of an internet fraud.
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Ireland is taking &quot;extraordinary&quot; measures to protect internet users from rogue dialler programs that hijack their modems and run up long-distance phone charges, the country&#39;s telecom regulator says.
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GSM operators gathered in Barcelona to launch a new initiative to prevent the use of mobile phones in the distribution of child pornography.
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A security operation is continuing in County Tyrone after a telephoned warning of a device in the area.
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An international investigation of telemarketing fraud schemes has resulted in the arrests of more than 135 people in cases involving more than 5 million victims, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced Tuesday.
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New safeguards on credit and debit card payments in shops has led fraudsters to focus on internet and phone payments, an anti-fraud agency says.
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More than 100 people have been arrested in the largest global crackdown to date on identity theft, hacking and other Internet-based crimes, Attorney General John Ashcroft said on Thursday.