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Sobig Worm Attacking RBL Lists?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the show-me-the-proof dept.

Ubi_NL writes "According to the Register there is a close correlation between the DDOS attacks on a number of anti-spam lists and the presence of the Sobig virus. Now that Monkeys.com is gone, and spamhaus.org is taking heavy blows, are the spammers actually winning the battle by using viruses?"

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  1. going postal on spam by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Redundant

    The only way things will change, is when someone finally goes postal, and walks with guns drawn and wipes out a bunch of people. Then they will have to make a law to stop spam

  2. P2P defence by jtsoong · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Could a P2P defence be organised to block DDoS?

    The anti-spam links could be spread across a P2P network ensuring no effective DDoS could be mounted?