Tuesday, 17. July 2007
Topic: WEB - on July 17, 2007 at 11:36:00 AM CEST
Italian police net 26 in phishing takedown
Italian police have arrested 26 people allegedly involved in an international phishing operation.
The Guardia di Finanza (Military Financial Police) cuffed 18 Italian citizens and eight Eastern Europeans as part of "Phish and Chip", an operation aimed at dismantling a gang targeting users of Poste Italiane's home banking services.
The gang allegedly mounted a spamming campaign directing prospective marks towards overseas websites that mimicked the real Italian Post Office website. Victims were duped into handing over login credentials by bogus emails posing as security alerts.
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