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New Form of Identity (ID) Theft Crime: Acquiring Personal Information from Your Online Newsletter Providers (2004)

by Gim Hiong Soh ,  Timo Vuori
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Abstract:

Using sophisticated means, Identity (ID) Thieves can acquire victims' personal information for their own deeds from online news providers. This paper discusses how ID Thieves may compile their stock of trade from Directory Harvest Attacks (DHAs) and launch the attacks against online news providers with two possible attack methodologies. This follows by an evaluation of the inadequacy of the current regulatory measures and technical fixes to thwart the attacks. Finally, an explanation of how technical measures such as CAPTCHA - `Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart' program may be utilised to protect against ID Theft crimes.

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