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Presidential candidates face phishing threat in '08« Thread

Postby admin » Sun Jan 29, 2012 9:45 am

Presidential candidates face phishing threat in '08« Thread Started on Oct 12, 2007, 10:37am » --------------------------------------------------------------------------------Presidential candidates face phishing threat in '08Attacks could divert contributions to opponent's campaign, says researcher read at source> http://www.computerworld.com/action/art ... eadOctober 10, 2007 (Computerworld) -- Phishing attacks that harvest credit card numbers or divert online contributions to an opponent's campaign pose the most danger to the Web operations of 2008's presidential candidates, a security researcher said today. "The threat that poses the most danger now is what has posed the most danger in the past," said Oliver Friedrichs, the director of Symantec Corp.'s security response team and a writer on electoral cybercrime. "Phishing is the most significant problem now, and it has the potential to disrupt campaigns or even competing campaigns." --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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