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in Wangtam, on February 22, 2009
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Power grid susceptible to Internet based attack?
in The CIO Weblog, on January 21, 2008
...oon. The pattern, however, fits the conventional mold of electronic crime today: a security breach, extortion, and then a brief demonstration of power. But the real worry is not extortion, but terrori...
Ransomware Trojan Attempts To Extort Victims
in I got Spam?!, on January 3, 2008
A new Trojan making the rounds offers a new twist-it takes over your desktop and won't go away unless you pay $35! Call it ransomware. The Trojan, called Backdoor.Win32.Delf.ctk, locks the user out of their desktop and displays this full screen, poorly spelled warning:
"ERROR: Browser S...
7 SEO Success Secrets
in The Search Engine Weblog, on October 1, 2007
...d domains. Google's domain trust is way out of whack.
3. Bribing DMOZ editors. Or paying their extortion demands.
4. Binge drinking. Drinkbait is the new linkbait. You heard it here last.
5. Ta...
Users' Content Tastes Are Changing
in Networking for Pros, on July 6, 2007
...nvestigations, which amounts to civll conspiracy under Texas law. The suit also accuses the RIAA of extortion, racketeering, frivolous prosecution, and seeks damages for infliction of emotional distre...
Modern E-mail Scam On The Rise
in The Search Engine Weblog, on June 24, 2007
...t Center (IC3) since the scam emerged, said special agent John Hambrick, who heads IC3. He said the extortion scam does not appear to target anyone specifically and that IC3 has not received any repor...
Fraud and SOX failure
in Sox First, on June 13, 2007
...ting increases in increases in incidents of expense and reimbursement schemes, bribery and economic extortion, according to the Oversight Systems annual report on corporate fraud . The report found ...
The New Economy : MySpace Extortion
in Web 2.0, on February 28, 2007
Two programmers offered a piece of code to myspace members that shows who has visited their myspace pages. According to Myspace's TOS, that is illegal. When mysapce blocked the code, the programmers accounced a new version of their code, or 150,000 USD . They must have been amateurs, a...
Santangelo: The Next Generation
in Digital Music - The Future, on February 12, 2007
...Bobby now has struck back. He countersued , accusing RIAA of antitrust violations, conspiracy, and extortion, and requested trial by jury, which surely is a losing proposition for RIAA.
In his suits...
Santangelo: The Next Generation
in P2P File Sharing, on February 12, 2007
...Bobby now has struck back. He countersued , accusing RIAA of antitrust violations, conspiracy, and extortion, and requested trial by jury, which surely is a losing proposition for RIAA.
In his suits...
Private web - a way to secure, spam-free internet?
in I got Spam?!, on January 22, 2007
... are being stolen off the internet every day from bank fraud, phishing attacks, bogus stock trades, extortion, etc. A large percentage of the internet is owned and operated by the criminals, and they ...
Pigoline Takes off! Or, Why Bloggers Are Not Journalists
in Philoneist, on January 18, 2007
"In the time of Henry Luce, information wasn't dispersed as quickly. Now, everyone has turned into a news reporter," said Harold Vogel, president of Vogel Capital Management in New York.
[This is two posts posing as one. The first is an unfortunate update on the travails of pigol...
Who's afraid of big bad CSR?
in Audeamus - How dare we..., on December 3, 2006
...-Mart or Coca-Cola or BP that are highly vulnerable to organized public criticism. Our laws against extortion do not function effectively when it comes to corporations. And so to some extent these pri...
BRITNEY SPEARS SEX TAPE ON THE WAY?
in The Celebrities Weblog, on November 13, 2006
...ease the tape if Britney doesn't accede to his divorce terms is true, he should be charged with extortion, IMHO.
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Blackslists are terrorism?
in I got Spam?!, on August 30, 2006
... are bad.
2. The anti-spammers are resorting to clearly criminal activities to further their goals: extortion, restraint-of-trade, terrorism.
3. The effect the anti-spammers are trying to have by bloc...
Business against corruption
in Sox First, on June 2, 2006
Back in 2004, the UN Global Compact summit announced its Tenth Principle against corruption. So why are there still so many such cases?
Date and Switch?
in The Dating Weblog, on January 4, 2006
... the exact same phrases in their profiles--too unique to be
a coincidence. Match.com calls the suit extortion. Mark
Brooks runs "Online Personals Watch." He admits date baiting can happen
b...
MICHAEL JACKSON SUED AGAIN
in The Celebrities Weblog, on August 18, 2005
... than me, but despite Jacko being Wacko, this is so obvious a case of a shot in the dark attempt at extortion it makes me sick.
So far Jackson's attorneys say they have evidence placing hi...
Man Extorts Women
in The Dating Weblog, on July 26, 2005
...authorities said. Giblin, a
41-year-old Atlantic City gambler, was charged with 21 counts of
extortion and wire fraud. Giblin met the women by registering with
telephone and online dating servi...
Man Accused of Bilking Cash From Women
in The Dating Weblog, on April 29, 2005
...wo women through an Internet dating service while he
was free on a $500,000 bond awaiting trial for extortion. FULL ARTICLE @ MACOMB DAILY
Mark Brooks :
I fear the press are going to start jumpi...
Bribes, Corruption, and Ethics
in Businesspundit, on March 29, 2005
...to comment when the editors of Harvard Business Review created a fictional case around the topic of extortion.
"The Shakedown" looks at the conflicts faced by the owner of a software develo...
Fighting crime, online
in The Online Universities Weblog, on January 23, 2005
... December 2004).
Officers will receive training to tackle rising instances of identity fraud, extortion, piracy and child pornography. ...
Botnets, Zombies and Botherds - How DDoS Attacks Work
in The Gambling Weblog, on December 15, 2004
...S attack in gaming has been a simultaneous email spam that has disabled servers for hours. However, extortion gangs are now attempting to blackmail firms by threatening to spam their customer base in ...