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According to the FBI, stealing credit card numbers account for 5% of online shopping criminal activity in the US, while 64% of such complaints are for auction fraud, and undelivered merchandise accounts for 22%. About 85% of major corporations in the US have been hit by hackers, according to Computer Security Institute and the FBI. Financial losses from computer breaches affected 64% in the last 12 months, and of the 35% that quantified losses, attacks cost at least $377 mil, versus $265 mil during the previous year
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To prevent illegal entries crossing the U.S. border, the U.S. Border Patrol, according to its Assistant Chief, Todd Birdsong, proposes to build 2,000 kilometers of road, fences, spy cameras and lights along the river dividing Texas and Mexico. Vicente Fox, Mexico's President-elect, is, however, calling for a more open border and economic cooperation for a stronger Mexico which should reduce border crossing.
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The story of Mario Perez, a 19-year-old who was convicted of burglary and may now be deported to Mexico even though he has grown up in Canada and speaks almost no Spanish, is presented.
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