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Russia, China World's Biggest Spammers

Posted by timothy on from the water-among-earth's-wettest-substances dept.

An anonymous reader writes "According to this ZDNet article, The Spamhaus Project has warned that organised cirminal gangs in Russia are supplying U.S.-based spammers with details of compromised PCs that can be manipulated to send junk mail. According to Spamhaus director Steve Linford, the Russian gangs aren't constrained by any anti-spam or cybercrime laws in their home country and have no respect for legislation implemented in other countries. Also, apparently 70 percent of spam is sent from China by American spam outfits who in turn have hosting arrangements with Chinese ISPs."

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  1. Hmm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Where else can you get Mail-order niggers? Russia and China seem to be bone dry.

  2. IN SOVIET RUSSIA... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Spammers spam YOU!!!

  3. IN SOVIET RUSSIA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    YOU EMAIL SPAMMERS!!

  4. Re:Give users the power to block countries... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    I'm sorry, could you clarify which country you're referring to?

    Oh, wait. I eneded a sentence with a preposition. Let me rephrase.

    I'm sorry, could you clarify which country you're referring to, asshole?

  5. Re:Give users the power to block countries... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
    In the final analysis, only one fact remains:
    *BSD is dead