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Tuesday, August 09, 2005

Massive spyware-based identity
theft ring uncovered

A massive identity theft ring has been discovered for those trapped into using CoolWebSearch.

Little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software says the theft ring is in "massive proportions."

Sunbelt's Alex Eckelberry said personal information of those "infected" was being captured and uploaded to a server.

The list of stolen information includes not only bank accounts but website passwords, eBay accounts, what sort of adult images you fancy, and, supposedly, even more....

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posted by Julian | 8/09/2005 12:24:00 AM

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