ALBANY, N.Y. -- State lawmakers unveiled a bill Monday that isbelieved to be the first in the nation to target modem hijacking, apractice in which thieves tap into people's computer modems to makeinternational phone calls.
If passed, the law would allow telephone companies and the stateattorney general to bring lawsuits against modem hijackers and theiraccomplices.
The hijackers tap into people's modems by luring computer users tospecific Web sites -- sometimes through e-mails -- where pop-upwindows emerge inviting the user to click on them. …
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