Massive spyware-based identity theft ring uncovered
Researchers from a little-known security software company named Sunbelt Software have seemingly uncovered a criminal identity theft ring of massive proportions. According to one of their employees, Alex Eckelberry, during the course of one of their recent investigations into a particular Spyware application - rumored to be called CoolWebSearch - they’ve discovered that the personal information of those "infected" was being captured and uploaded to a server.
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