While I normally don't condone vigillantism in any form, after getting
more than a thousand spammails this week from phishing expeditions I'll
gladly make an exception for these folks:
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Underground showdown: Defacers take on phishers
A small percentage of Web sites illegally set up for phishing scams have
been defaced with warnings to potential victims. While illegal, some
Internet watchers believe the trend could be beneficial.
By Robert Lemos, SecurityFocus May 20 2005 10:37AM
Groups fighting against online criminals intent on phishing have gained
allies from another species of underground miscreant: Web-site defacers.
On Thursday, Internet monitoring firm Netcraft reported that some users
of the company's anti-phishing toolbar followed links to fake financial
sites only to find them defaced with anti-phishing messages. While
defacements in the past have consisted mainly of sophomoric messages and
political diatribe, the recent attacks by Web-site defacers on phishing
fraud could actually help warn online users before they become victims,
said Paul Mutton, a services developer for Internet monitoring provider
Netcraft.
"It is undoubtedly a good thing in that they are helping to protect
innocent web users," he said. "On the other hand, it is perhaps
unfortunate in that it's probably illegal."
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<http://www.securityfocus.com/news/11212>
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At the bottom of the page is a modest discussion thread, in which a
couple of the hackers boast and a lot of others sing their praises.
--
Richard Gaskin
Fourth World Media Corporation
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