Dec 10, 2004 : Digital PhishNet To Combat Phishing
📅 - Representatives from a variety of industries and international law enforcement agencies announced on Wednesday that they had launched Digital PhishNet, a collaborative enforcement operation that unites industry leaders in technology, banking, financial services and online auctioneering with law enforcement to tackle "phishing," a destructive and growing form of online identity theft.
Digital PhishNet says it bridges the communicational gap between industry and law enforcement, so critical data to fight phishing can be compiled and provided to law enforcement in real time. While other industry groups have focused on identifying phishing Web sites and sharing best practices and case information, Digital PhishNet is the first to help criminal law enforcement and assist in apprehending and prosecuting those responsible for phishing attacks.
Digital PhishNet joins the efforts of industry leaders from nine of the top10 US banks and financial services providers, four of the top five Internet service providers and five digital commerce and technology companies, and works with top federal and international law enforcement agencies. Developing supporters of Digital PhishNet include America Online Inc., Digital River Inc., EarthLink Inc., Lycos Inc., Microsoft Corp., Network Solutions, VeriSign Inc., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Trade Commission, the US Secret Service and the US Postal Inspection Service.
"The key to stopping phishers and bringing them to justice is to identify and target them quickly," says Dan Larkin, unit chief at the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. "Digital PhishNet is a powerful response to this type of online fraud because it facilitates critical data collection between a large number of the targets of these crimes -- those who are on the front lines of the fight against phishing -- and establishes a pipeline directly to law enforcement, in real time, before the phisher has had time to disappear back into the anonymity of cyberspace."
Digital PhishNet says it bridges the communicational gap between industry and law enforcement, so critical data to fight phishing can be compiled and provided to law enforcement in real time. While other industry groups have focused on identifying phishing Web sites and sharing best practices and case information, Digital PhishNet is the first to help criminal law enforcement and assist in apprehending and prosecuting those responsible for phishing attacks.
Digital PhishNet joins the efforts of industry leaders from nine of the top10 US banks and financial services providers, four of the top five Internet service providers and five digital commerce and technology companies, and works with top federal and international law enforcement agencies. Developing supporters of Digital PhishNet include America Online Inc., Digital River Inc., EarthLink Inc., Lycos Inc., Microsoft Corp., Network Solutions, VeriSign Inc., the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Federal Trade Commission, the US Secret Service and the US Postal Inspection Service.
"The key to stopping phishers and bringing them to justice is to identify and target them quickly," says Dan Larkin, unit chief at the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center. "Digital PhishNet is a powerful response to this type of online fraud because it facilitates critical data collection between a large number of the targets of these crimes -- those who are on the front lines of the fight against phishing -- and establishes a pipeline directly to law enforcement, in real time, before the phisher has had time to disappear back into the anonymity of cyberspace."
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