| Number | 22421 |
| Subject | Technology |
| Source | Business Week |
| State | GA |
| Year | 2005 |
| Publication Date | 05/30/05 |
| Summary | The authors investigated a battle of wits between the U.S. secret service and a cyber-crime gang known as the ShadowCrew. The story covers a rare victory by law enforcement to shut down a web-based crime outfit. It gave a face to the ShadowCrew, a network of over 4,000 people run by a part time college student and gave a reminder to internet users to be wary of doing business on the Web. |
| Category | Computer-Assisted Reporting |
| Pages | 12 |
| Keywords | Internet;cyber-crime;web-based crime outfit;ShadowCrew;the U.S. Secret Service;e-business;Internet security |
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