Kazuma Yabano, a Japan Phisher who created Yahoo! Japan site, gets suspended sentence and if he stays out of trouble for four years, his 22 month prison sentence will simply go away.


Kazuma Yabano, who was accused of creating a fake Yahoo! Japan site and obtaining personal login data, has been given a suspended sentence from a Japanese judge. If he stays out of trouble for four years, his 22 month prison sentence will simply go away.

Sasser creator Sven Jaschan was only 17 when he created the destructive worm, he couldn’t be tried as an adult. This decision came down despite his releasing the worm to the wild on his 18th birthday.

A Trend Micro survey of users indicates phishing poses a problem particularly in the workplace because the users are ready to take risks with the company computer.

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