Ireland blocks 13 countries after net scams
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THE REPUBLIC of Ireland is to block direct dial telephone calls to 13 countries in an effort to crack down on growing internet scams.
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Some 28 people are arrested in a global operation against a website allegedly involved in identity fraud.
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Compensation u-turn Bank of Ireland has agreed to compensate victims of a recent phishing scam, backtracking from its earlier position.â¦
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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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Microsoft said it is working with law enforcement to crack down on phishing, filing 129 suits across the Europe and the Middle East. Already, at least five have settled.
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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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European Union countries are doing too  little to enforce EU rules banning unsolicited emails, or spam,  which are becoming increasingly fraudulent and criminal, the  European Commission said on Monday.
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Ireland is to block direct dialling to 13 countries, mostly in the South Pacific, to combat the growing menace of rogue autdiallers.
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Ireland has become the first country to cut off direct-dialled calls to entire countries in a bid to crack down on Internet-based fraud.
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(InfoWorld) - The European Commission has warned its member states to beef up their efforts to cut spam, spyware and malicious software, after research showed that up to 85 percent of all e-mail received in the European Union is unsolicited.The findings come four years after the EU adopted anti-spam legislation in the form of the e-privacy directive. "It is time to turn the repeated political concern about spam into concrete actions to fight spam," Viviane Reding, the commissioner for Information Society and Media, said in a statement on Monday.If there is no improvement by this time next year, Reding will consider introducing new legislative measures to fight the scourge, she said.She pointed to the Netherlands as an example of how the current legal regime can be used to cut spam. Hollandâs spam-busting unit, known by the initials OPTA, has just five full-time staff and â¬570,000 (US$747,000) worth of equipment, and has succeeded in cutting spam by 85 percent. âI'd like to see other countries achieving similar results through more efficient enforcement,â Reding said.Finland was also singled out for praise. A filtering system there has cut the amount of spam to 30 percent of all e-mail, from 80 percent two years ago, the Commission said.âWe encourage other countries in the Union to develop similar filtering means,â said Martin Selmayr, Redingâs spokesman, at a press conference Monday.The Commission is urging other countries âto lay down clear lines of responsibility to use the tools available under E.U. law effectively." Better cooperation with enforcement authorities from other countries, including countries outside the Union, is essential to defeat the spammers, the Commission said.The U.S. remains the single biggest source of spam, accounting for 22 percent of all spam received in the EU, the Commission said. China is the second largest source, accounting for 13 percent. France and South Korea rank joint third at 6 percent.The U.S. and the EU have agreed to tackle spam through joint enforcement initiatives, the Commission said.Last year, Ferris Research estimated spam to cost â¬39 billion worldwide, while fellow researcher Computer Economics calculated malicious software to cost â¬11 billion worldwide.The Commission's latest communication on spam is available here in several languages.
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More than 135 people have been arrested in an investigation of global telemarketing scams that have victimized 5 million people, many of them elderly, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Tuesday.
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Ireland's telecom regulator said this week that is taking "extraordinary" measures to protect Internet users from rogue autodialer programs that hijack their modems and run up long-distance phone charges by suspending direct dialing to 13 countries, most of which are South Pacific islands.
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WASHINGTON  --  Hackers briefly overwhelmed at least three of the 13 computers that help manage global computer traffic Tuesday in one of the most significant attacks against the Internet since 2002.
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Spam deluge eclipses virus email threat The number of viruses hitting Irish inboxes has fallen but spam continues to rise, according to figures from IE Internet.â¦
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Also: New Zealand teen runs internet banking scam. Read these stories and more from around the Web on News.com Extra.
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LONDON - Police shattered a global Internet pedophile ring, rescuing 31 children and rounding up more than 700 suspects worldwide, British authorities said Monday.  Some 200 suspects are based in the United Kingdom, the Child Exploitation and Online Protection center said.
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A huge sweep for online fraud and other Internet-related crimes netted 53 convictions and another 103 arrests, the Justice Department announced.