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Testimony of Assistant Director
of the Federal Bureau of Investigation Jana Monroe
before the
Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation
May 20, 2004
CAN-SPAM Act Congressional Testimony
Introductory Statement:
Good morning Chairman McCain, and other members of the Committee. On behalf of the FBI, I would like to thank you for this opportunity to address the FBI's role in anti-spam initiatives.
Cyber crime, in its many forms, continues to receive priority attention from the FBI. A paramount objective of the Cyber Division has been to arm field investigators with the necessary resources to identify and combat evolving cyber crime matters. Over the past 18 months, the FBI has supported the establishment of more than 50 multi-jurisdictional task forces nationwide. Partnerships with federal, state, and local law enforcement are vital to the success of these teams, because cyber crime, by its nature, does not respect jurisdictional boundaries and we need to leverage existing resources to effectively and efficiently fight cybercrime.
In addition to law enforcement partnerships, another prime objective of the FBI's Cyber Division is to establish active partnerships with subject matter experts from the private sector. Such experts are often better equipped to identify cyber crimes at their earliest stages. Early identification of cyber crimes is an absolute must, and directly correlates to ultimate successes in investigating and prosecuting cyber criminals.
In keeping with this approach, and even before passage of the CAN-SPAM Act by Congress, the FBI had begun work in a Public/Private Alliance to specifically target the growing spam problem. The Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3), working in coordination with industry, developed "SLAM-Spam," an initiative that began operation last fall. This initiative targets significant criminal spammers, as well as companies and individuals that use spammers and their techniques to market their products. It also investigates the techniques and tools used by spammers to expand their targeted audience, to circumvent filters and other countermeasures implemented by consumers and industry, and to defraud customers with misrepresented or non-existent products.
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