First Anti-Phishing Law Enacted in California
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Joe:
Looks like governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill that makes phishing a civil liability. Phishing is the act of tricking a web surfer or user into giving out personal or account info through a web page. Most common one is when a user receives a fake email from Ebay asking them to reset their password or verify their credit card info. The email will have a link to a webpage that will look just like an Ebay webpage and even will fake the URL address. If the user enters any of their info on the page and submits it, the phisher will have that info for themselves. Anyways, read the article.
Joe:
Looks like governor Schwarzenegger signed a bill that makes phishing a civil liability. Phishing is the act of tricking a web surfer or user into giving out personal or account info through a web page. Most common one is when a user receives a fake email from Ebay asking them to reset their password or verify their credit card info. The email will have a link to a webpage that will look just like an Ebay webpage and even will fake the URL address. If the user enters any of their info on the page and submits it, the phisher will have that info for themselves. Anyways, read the article.
posted by The Ginger @ 10/02/2005 02:00:00 PM
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