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Daily Report Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Daily Highlights
KMBC−TV reports Community America Credit Union confirmed that on Friday, November 24, a hacker managed to redirect people from the company's Website to a phony site and that 180 accounts were accessed within minutes. (See item 7)
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The Associated Press reports the Modesto, California, City−County Airport was evacuated Tuesday, November 28, and flights were canceled after the city received nine bomb threats by e−mail. (See item 11)
Information Technology and Telecommunications Sector
29. November 27, Reuters — E−mail gangs bombard Britain with spam. Criminal gangs using hijacked computers are behind a surge in unwanted e−mails peddling sex, drugs and stock tips in Britain. The number of "spam" messages has tripled since June and now accounts for as many as nine out of 10 e−mails sent worldwide, according to U.S. e−mail security company Postini. Postini has detected 7 billion spam e−mails worldwide in November compared to 2.5 billion in June. Spam in Britain has risen by 50 percent in the last two months alone, according to Internet security company SurfControl. The United States, China and Poland are the top sources of spam, data from security firm Marshal suggests. About 200 illegal gangs are behind 80 percent of unwanted e−mails, according to Spamhaus, a body that tracks the problem. Experts blame the rise in spam on computer programs that hijack millions of home computers to send e−mails.
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