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Is Your Computer Committing Crimes?

By mjdarlington / November 11, 2011 / Crime, News / Leave a comment

The U.S. Department of Justice has arrested several people in connection with a $14 million fraud case that saw computers redirecting user click to sites that generated ad revenue.

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