FTC Wins Web Case.(Brief Article)

Security Management, December, 1999 by NEELEY, DEQUENDRE

The Federal Trade Commission's new Internet lab, which was established in September to give the agency's lawyers and investigators high-tech help, has successfully completed its first investigation. The case involved Webmasters based outside of the United States who used a ruse to misdirect Internet users to their pornographic sites.

The Webmasters copied as many as 25 million Web sites-everything from the Harvard Law Review to the Japanese Friendship Garden-and used those mirrored sites as decoys to lure innocent viewers to their x-rated boards. Once users landed on the adult material site, they were "mouse trapped," says Jodie Bernstein, director of the FTC's Bureau of Consumer Protection. The "Back" and "Exit" or "Close" commands on their browsers were...

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