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Will 'bounty' scheme stop spammers?

News When Sven Jaschan was arrested for writing Sasser it was because he had been bragging to friends and boasting about it in chatrooms. The US Federal Trade Commission is considering offering bounties of as... [17 Sep 2004]

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The Spam Report

Net accused over 1,500 per cent rise in child porn crimes

News He believes that whereas with 'fixed' internet, accessed typically by sitting at a PC, children's usage can be monitored by parents or teachers, with mobile internet phones children can use them anywhere and enter... [12 Jan 2004]

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UK teen accused over port attack part of "elite" hacking group

News Caffrey said he put the hacking group name up just to annoy other hackers and said the files were just "resource scripts" that allowed people to change the font and type of text in chatrooms and add more visual features. [14 Oct 2003]

UK police launch largest ever paedophile offensive

News According to reports on the BBC operation Magenta was the result of a six month investigation into paedophiles using internet chatrooms to prey upon children. Among those arrested were a number of... [25 Apr 2002]