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FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring
- From: Brian Warkoczeski
- Date: Thu Oct 08 12:08:50 2009
FBI smashes US-Egypt cyber 'phishing' ring
www.yahoo.com
Oct 7, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AFP) – Investigators in the United States and Egypt have
smashed a computer "phishing" identity theft scam described as the
biggest cyber-crime investigation in US history, officials said Wednesday.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation said 33 people were arrested across
the United States early Wednesday while authorities in Egypt charged 47
more people linked to the scam.
A total of 53 suspects were named in connection with the scam in a
federal grand jury indictment, the FBI said.
Authorities said the sophisticated identity theft network had gathered
information from thousands of victims which was used to defraud American
banks.
Wednesday's arrests were the culmination of a two-year probe involving
US and Egyptian officials dubbed "Operation Phish Phry."
For rest of the article, see:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091007/pl_afp/usegyptinternetcrimesecurity_20091007200649
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