"Hijacking" Websites - news articles

Shirl Kennedy skenned1 at tampabay.rr.com
Thu Sep 23 23:20:21 EDT 1999


http://www.nytimes.com/library/tech/99/09/biztech/articles/23fraud.html
Net Sites Co-Opted by Pornographers

http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/ctg213.htm
FTC files 'cyberjacking' charges
Claims porn sites 'highjack,' then trap, Net surfers

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/daily/sept99/ftc23.htm
FTC Warns of Online Porn Scams

http://www.mercurycenter.com/svtech/news/breaking/merc/docs/por092399.htm
Web porn scheme target of FTC probe
Australian Web sites trick visitors and hold them captive

http://www.cnnfn.com/1999/09/22/technology/ftc/
FTC targets Web fraud
Regulators say they have new tools to fight 'pagejacking'

http://www.ftc.gov/opa/1999/9909/atariz.htm
FTC Halts Internet Highjacking Scam
Millions of Legitimate Web Pages Cloned by Hijackers; Innocent Surfers
Barraged with Smut

Shirl Kennedy
Web Doyenne
City of Clearwater (Florida)
http://www.clearwater-fl.com

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     -- John F. Kennedy





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