??? In December 2006, a 26-year-old Romanian man was indicted by U.S. courts
on nine counts of computer intrusion and one count of conspiracy regarding
breaking into more than 150 U.S. government computer systems at the Jet
Propulsion Labs, the Goddard Space Flight Center, Sandia National
Laboratories, and the U.S. Naval Observatory. The intrusion cost the U.S.
government nearly $150 million in damages. The accused faces up to 54 years
in prison if convicted on all counts.
??? In Symantec??™s ???Internet Security Threat Report, Volume X,??? released September
2006, they reported the detection of over 150,000 new, unique phishing messages
over a six-month period from January 2006 through June 2006, up 81 percent over
the same reporting period from the previous year. Symantec detected an average
of 6,110 denial-of-service (DoS) attacks per day, the United States being the most
prevalent target of attacks (54 percent), and the most prolific source of attacks
(37 percent) worldwide. Networks in China, and specifically Beijing, are identified
as being the most bot-infected and compromised on the planet.
??? On September 25, 2007, hackers posted names, credit card numbers, as well as
Card Verification Value (CVV) Codes and addresses of eBay customers on a
forum that was specifically created for fraud prevention by the auction site.
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