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Anti-Spammers DDoSed Out Of Existence

Posted by timothy on from the calls-for-punitive-measures dept.

Anonumous Coward writes "Not one, but two anti-spam services announced their closure yesterday due to DDoS attacks, massive Joe jobs, threats, and the total lack of interest shown by law enforcement. monkeys.com pulled the plug at midnight with an announcement that makes you think of a suicide note. Short time later compu.net went the very same way. So, when will we see a distributed RBL that can stand up to distributed attacks?"

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  1. The spam 150 by cybermace5 · · Score: 0, Troll

    So it seems the spammers are lashing out, in the face of recent successes like the California spam ban. What do they think they'll accomplish?

    Supposedly there are about 150 spammers doing the majority of the world's spam. I can't believe they can keep the entire world from eventually picking up the pitchforks. I guess they think that in order to control a thing, you must annoy it repeatedly for years on end?

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