Criminals are increasingly amassing networks
January 29th, 2008 . by adminIt can take years to deport someone; some criminals are still serving jail sentences or are awaiting trial, and others are fighting deportation in court. That modern criminals are flocking to the Internet to steal money should come as no surprise to anyone who’s ever had an e-mail address. While a lot of cases do involve fraud or organized crime, an increasing number also involve kidnapping, pedophilia or terrorism. A criminal background search can prevent this. Now that criminals are increasingly amassing networks, they’re using them for profit-making ventures: as a launching pad for spam, for denial-of-service extortion, to steal passwords and other personal information, and to run phishing attacks from.