Secret war on web crooks revealed
The people who run the world’s internet systems are a rather secretive bunch.
Three times a year, senior technical officers from companies such as Google, Yahoo, AT&T, Comcast and Verizon meet to discuss ways of stopping the internet from being swamped by rising levels of spam, viruses and hacking attacks by organised criminals. They do not generally like discussing these meetings.
“Some people might get nervous if they knew all the things we talked about,” said Michael O’Rierdan, chairman of the Messaging Anti-Abuse Working Group (MAAWG).
“Its our job to make the internet safe, but we don’t want to put people off using the web.”
They are also worried about being targeted by the cyber-criminals they are trying to thwart.
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