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26 February 2008

Cybersquatting on the rise, warns MarkMonitor

Eileen McDermott, New York

Cybersquatting attacks on brand owners grew by 33% last year, according to a study released yesterday by internet services company MarkMonitor

Its Winter Brandjacking Index is an independent report that tracks and analyzes abuses of 30 brands from the Best Global Brands study by Interbrand . MarkMonitor searches around 134 million public records and 60 million suspected phishing emails for brand abuse daily.




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