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[ PRIVACY Forum ] Gioconda Law Group Sues Canadian 'Cyber Security'
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Sun Jun 24 16:22:44 2012
Date: Sun, 24 Jun 2012 13:03:59 -0700
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Gioconda Law Group Sues Canadian 'Cyber Security' Developer (domain squatter)
http://j.mp/NpkVmY (JD Journal)
"However, the Gioconda Law Group alleged that according to recent
discoveries, it had found that Kenzie had registered an internet
domain name GiocondoLaw.com as a misspelling of GiacondaLaw.com. Then
Kenzie had proceeded to create fake e-mail accounts to intentionally
intercept private e-mails addressed to the firm's lawyers and staff.
Giaconda said, "We discovered the cybersquatting and sent several test
e-mail messages to see if they were delivered to the misspelled e-mail
addresses, and indeed, they were received by active mailboxes." Kenzie
had initially tried to conceal his identity, but complaints to the
Internet Registrar exposed him. According to the lawsuit, Kenzie is
similarly harvesting misspelled e-mails intended for many major
corporations without their knowledge or permission including
MasterCard, McDonald's, NewsCorp and McAfee."
- - -
The domain squatter will probably have a whole bunch more TLDs to
exploit fairly soon, thanks to ICANN!
--Lauren--
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