FBI report cites most common e-fraud types
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According to the FBI, stealing credit card numbers account for 5% of online shopping criminal activity in the US, while 64% of such complaints are for auction fraud, and undelivered merchandise accounts for 22%. About 85% of major corporations in the US have been hit by hackers, according to Computer Security Institute and the FBI. Financial losses from computer breaches affected 64% in the last 12 months, and of the 35% that quantified losses, attacks cost at least $377 mil, versus $265 mil during the previous year
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2001
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A one-way ticket out of only nation he knows
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The story of Mario Perez, a 19-year-old who was convicted of burglary and may now be deported to Mexico even though he has grown up in Canada and speaks almost no Spanish, is presented.
Publication Name: Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)
Subject: News, opinion and commentary
ISSN: 0319-0714
Year: 2003
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