Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

First Four People Charged Under CAN-SPAM Act

Posted by michael on from the world's-smallest-violin dept.

friedo writes "Four people in Detroit have been charged with emailing fraudulent sales pitches under the new federal CAN-SPAM Law. 'They were accused of disguising their identities in hundreds of thousands of sales pitches and delivering e-mails by bouncing messages through unprotected relay computers on the Internet.'"

1 of 372 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Actually... by Shakrai · · Score: 0, Troll

    Not for spammers: Choosing a US military installation to route your spam through is a good way to get the attention of the federal government.

    Shouldn't we be more worried about the open relay or infected Windows box on a .mil site then the fact that the spammers were stupid enough to take advantage of it?

    Honeypot or moron at the military who can't apply basic security patches? We can only hope it was the formor.

    --
    I want peace on earth and goodwill toward man.
    We are the United States Government! We don't do that sort of thing.