AOL phishers indicted
Team of six face jail in Connecticut.
A group of six men have been charged with phishing by a grand jury in Connecticut. The men allegedly harvested email
addresses and spammed their victims with phishing emails and malware-infected ecards.
As well as normal phishing and data-stealing techniques, the gang also apparently used malware to slow or lock down
victims' computers, demanding cash or financial details to allow them back online. They also later moved into offline
crime, printing their own fake credit cards with stolen details.
Three of the six have pleaded guilty, and possible sentences range from two to nine years. Most of their victims were
AOL users; ISP and serial suer of phishers Earthlink was also involved in bringing the case. Sentencing is
expected in December.
28 September 2006
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