Despite the goggle-eyed amazement of technoheads at the prospect that people get sucked in by phishing attacks, there's little doubt that phishing is a peculiarly successful con-trick.
It's cleverer than straight-up spam, and it's got the potential to damage bank balances and security systems alike. Now, it seems, the government may finally be waking up to the fact that phishers live a strangely unendangered life.
From Silicon:
The Home Office has published the government's Fraud Bill in which it suggests a new offence of fraud to close loop holes in the current law.
Home Office minister Fiona Mactaggart said: "The introduction of a general fraud offence will improve the criminal law in a number of respects. It will simplify the law, making it clearer to juries and the general public as well as making the prosecution process more effective by providing a clear definition of fraud. Our aim is to encompass all forms of fraudulent conduct, with a law that is flexible enough to deal with developing technology, allowing us to bring more offenders to justice."
Everybody hates spammers. You hate them, I hate them: now the law might hate them too.
