4 posts and columns on fraudulent

Chairman Jack Ma's Internal Email on Alibaba.com Management Shakeup

in News on February 21, 2011 at 10:33 am PT

Earlier today, the top management of Alibaba.com, the fast-growing Chinese e-commerce site resigned after an internal company investigation determined that thousands of fraudulent sales were taking place. Here is Chairman Jack Ma’s emotional internal email to staff about the controversy.

Hotmail Phishing Attacks Spread to Other Email Services

in News on October 6, 2009 at 12:16 pm PT

Phishing attacks that affected customers of Microsoft’s Hotmail Monday have compromised more than 30,000 email accounts, including those of Gmail, Yahoo Mail and other services. Microsoft blamed phishing, in which cybercriminals try to trick consumers into revealing personal information through fraudulent emails, for a list of Hotmail account passwords that appeared online.

The New York Times Explains How It Got Hacked: It Sold an Ad to a Hacker

in Media on September 14, 2009 at 3:34 pm PT

How did the New York Times end up serving a fake–and potentially dangerous–ad from its NYTimes.com site over the weekend? It got paid to do it by someone masquerading as a legitimate ad buyer.
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