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Spammer DDoS-By-Virus On spamhaus.org

Posted by timothy on from the hissing-and-roiling dept.

McDutchie writes "Steve Linford of Spamhaus announced in a press release that the latest Wintel virus, W32/Mimail-E, was created by spammers for the specific purpose of DDoS'ing Spamhaus, Spamcop, and SPEWS. It's becoming more and more clear that the spambags are the ones behind the recent mess with the Windows viruses. They must really be getting desperate."

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  1. this makes them suable!!!! by Fuzzums · · Score: 0, Redundant

    maybe spamming is not legal..
    writing viruses IS.

    i hope they continue like this, get caught and get convicted!!!
    hang'em high!!!!

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    Privacy is terrorism.
  2. Throw them in prison. by Blackknight · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Cool, now we can prosecute the fuckers under antihacking laws and put them away for a few years.

    Let's see how the spammers like spending 10-20 in the clink.