Released: November 17, 2008

Hackers, phishers can’t get away with it

Source: Jon Swartz, USA TODAY

In what is shaping up as a breakthrough year, federal authorities have quietly cracked down on some of the biggest Internet crime rings.

Secret Service and FBI operations since January have broken up a huge forum for stolen credit cards and shut down the world’s largest spam ring. Investigations have led to indictments of other high-profile spammers and 11 people allegedly behind the computer break-in at TJX and other major retailers.

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