From: lyger (lygerattrition.org)
Date: Fri Jan 30 2009 - 14:34:08 CST

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http://www.theworldlink.com/articles/2009/01/30/news/doc49834370cabc4286559850.txt

An online scammer made off with 45 Social Security numbers after sending a
virus to a computer at the Department of Human Services office in Coos Bay
last week.

The virus arrived in the form of a bogus e-mail with a link on it Jan. 23.
When an employee clicked on the link, it downloaded an application that
recorded keystrokes and sent them to an external address.

Department officials discovered the virus later in the day and shut down
the computer immediately. E-mails were sent to other computers but no one
else opened the application.

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