...AMZN), in February of 2000. Much like viruses, these attacks began as simple pranks but quickly evolved into criminaloperations. In some cases this is in the form of extortion, in which a criminal will threaten an attack unless a Web site...
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...erosion of brand trust. Another example: fraudsters who set up online pharmacies that ship bogus drugs. These criminaloperations promote themselves through social media, often shutting down shop just in time to evade law enforcement officials...
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