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smurfing

/ ˈɜːɪŋ /

noun

  1. computing the activity of using a specially designed computer program to attack a computer network by flooding it with messages, thereby rendering it inoperable

  2. the activity of laundering money by conducting a large number of small transactions through banks and bureaux de change

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of smurfing1

C20: (sense 1) from smurf , the name of the type of computer program used to carry out such attacks
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Prosecutors allege the gang used so-called smurfing, where a large sum of money is broken down into smaller amounts which are below the anti-money laundering alert threshold, to launder money, putting millions of euros in small-value bills into safety deposit boxes and later transferring them into accounts.

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UIF chief Nieto said criminals typically split their illicit cash into small amounts and deposited them in various bank accounts, a technique known as “smurfing”.

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Will it get overrun by cheating and smurfing, plagued by unrepentant jerks and trolls, or just outright fail to attract enough players to keep it appropriately balanced?

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Europol says in a statement Wednesday that the gang also used a scheme called “smurfing,” whereby illicit proceeds are divided into small sums to avoid attracting attention and placed in bank accounts.

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For this reason, AI is good at spotting smurfing attempts and accounts that are set up remotely by bots rather than humans, for example.

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