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eBay pays a high price for fakes
Comment LVMH claimed that 90 per cent of the 300,000 Dior-branded products sold on eBay in the second quarter of 2006 were fakes. The French courts have already dealt several financial blows to eBay. But an adverse ruling in its... [01 Aug 2008]
eBay fined €38m over fakes
News A French court has ordered the online auction giant eBay to pay €38.6m to luxury goods powerhouse LVMH, parent company of Louis Vuitton handbags, according to Reuters. LVMH, along with other luxury-brand groups such as Hermes and Tiffany... [01 Jul 2008]
Lenovo taps into viral web-marketing
News Mike Etherington, marketing manager at Lenovo, said: "We weren't bothered about people noticing the videos are fakes, we just wanted to get the discussion and interest in Lenovo going. Lenovo has totted up around four... [08 Feb 2007]
Researchers pore over biometrics spoofing data
News In a systematic test of more than 60 of the carefully crafted samples, the researchers found that 90 per cent of the fakes could be passed off as the real thing. Sweaty hands might make you unpopular as a dance partner... [22 Dec 2005]
Fakes cost IT industry $100bn per year
News The audit firm said counterfeit IT products are sold on the internet instead of street corners, so most end users are unaware they are buying fakes. The IT industry is losing up to $100bn per year from counterfeit... [16 Aug 2005]
Exclusive: Las Vegas casino goes for RFID
News The $2.7bn Wynn resort, which opens on the strip next week, has admitted it will put RFID tags on all its chips to help detect real ones from fakes. The largest casino group in the world has told silicon.com it is... [15 Apr 2005]
Software and hardware piracy a $90m business
News So far this month, $704,600 worth of entertainment and software haw been counterfeited, second only to clothing and accessory fakes, according to the Gieschen Consultancy website. Software and hardware account for a... [18 Jan 2005]
'Rolex' spam taps into bling-bling culture
News A vast number of spam emails offering cut-price Rolex watches and fakes of the popular timepieces are currently flooding users' inboxes - growing in number more than any other kind of message, according to email security... [25 Oct 2004]
eBay teen scammer steals £45,000 selling nothing
News A 17-year-old boy from Wales, who made over £45,000 from selling non-existent goods on eBay, spent the proceeds on living the high life and taunted his victims about it over email, police told courts yesterday. [12 Oct 2004]
UK is scam haven, says Office of Fair Trading
News The 176 shady traders were made up of 90 working-from-home schemes, 20 lottery fakes, 15 iffy free-prize offers and four websites stumping up qualifications on demand. Internet sites offering 'too good to be true' deals... [02 Apr 2004]
Games makers to hook users with fakes
News The cat and mouse game played between computer games companies and software pirates has seen a bold move by the establishment. In a new gambit, games companies will use piracy to hook users. A protection system from Macrovision and... [14 Oct 2003]
Is your mobile phone a ticking bomb?
News All owners of Siemens handsets, especially the C-25, in Europe and Asia have been advised to check the batteries and replace fakes immediately. German electronics giant Siemens has issued a warning to customers -... [18 Sep 2002]
Klez is the worst virus in the world. Ever...
News It also fakes the sender's address, meaning it is very difficult to tell where the worm has come from, stopping people from informing others who unknowingly have been spreading the worm. The Klez worm has now overtaken... [27 May 2002]
Top 10 viruses: A Christmas special
News In addition it fakes the sender's address, meaning people receiving the virus can't let the person they've caught it from know they have it. The virulent Badtrans worm has trounced the other viruses to take the number... [04 Jan 2002]
