iovation Stops One Million 'Bad Guys'

BUSINESS WIRE -- June 10 -- iovation, the device reputation authority for the Internet, has helped customers stop more than a million online fraudulent and abusive activities in the first half of 2008. In Q1 2008, iovation reported performing more than 100m reputation checks on devices coming from the U.S. The U.S. topped the list of countries with the most reputation queries, followed by Canada and the U.K. with 11m and 8m, respectively. For iovation customers in the Online Social Networking sector, devices coming from Belgium had the highest % of denied transactions at 15%. The Philippines and Nigeria followed with 11% and 7%. FULL ARTICLE @ BUSINESS WIRE

Mark Brooks: iovation helps internet dating sites share information on the bad guys: scammers, spammers and those that would be abusive towards other users. Devices are identified and associated with behaviors. iovation subscribing companies then have the benefit of that tagging so they can catch the bad guys at the gate. (Full Disclosure: iovation is a client of Courtland Brooks and a sponsor of this blog)

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