<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/372a33b3-4a9b-4f96-986d-18f5018855b7/27C54CA6-44E1-45D1-B169-568FDF74F3BA/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud" href="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud" style="font-size: 11px;">www.mg.co.za</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><SPAN class="article_lead"> South Korean prosecutors said on Tuesday they have arrested a florist for pruning his rivals' business by clicking repeatedly on their online advertisements. </SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> The Seoul prosecutor's office said the man surnamed Jeong was charged with breaking laws on promoting communication networks and protecting information.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> Victims claim Jeong (44) caused 500-million won ($376 000) in losses to rival florists, the office said.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> In South Korea, companies pre-pay portal operators a fee that dwindles each time an advert is clicked. When the fee is used up, the ad disappears.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> Jeong is also suspected of launching so-called distributed denial-of-service attacks, in which a flood of incoming messages forces the targeted website to shut down.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> Because of this, the other florists could not get what they were paying for from their advertisements.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.mg.co.za/article/2008-10-07-cheating-south-korean-florist-nipped-in-the-bud"><DIV> Prosecutors said they were questioning four other florists for allegedly colluding with or funding Jeong to nobble their rivals.</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/27C54CA6-44E1-45D1-B169-568FDF74F3BA/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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