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AOL Employee Arrested in Spam Scheme
LostCluster writes "The AP, Reuters, and AOL's own CNN/Money are all reporting that AOL employee Jason Smathers has been arrested and accused of taking a list of 92 million screennames from the internal AOL system, and selling it to another man, who allegedly used it 'to promote his own Internet gambling business and also sold the list to other spammers for $52,000'. Not surprisingly, Smathers has been fired."
DAMNIT I just submitted this! CURSES
wait wait wait wait wait wait wait
Bwahahahah that's awsome!
Aren't we supposed to wait for someone to be found guilty before punishing them?
Homeowner: Look what you did to my lawn!
Lawnboy: Hey, you can't prove I did it. You were at work at the time. Cough up the twenty bucks mister.
Homeowner: Get the hell off my property, I don't ever want to see you again!
Lawnboy: Oh no mister, you don't get off that easy. I'll be back Tuesday to do it again and there's nothing you can do to stop me. Better be prepared to cough up another twenty bucks too, or I'll have your ass in court.
Homeowner: What the hell are you talking about? I can hire or not hire anyone to mow my lawn as I please.
Lawnboy: No you can't. I haven't been found guilty of anything.
Homeowner: Listen smartass, if you aren't off my property in one minute you will be absolutely guilty of trespassing and I'll a)call the cops and press charges and b) get my shotgun loaded with rock salt on my way back out of the house, because, lucky me, we have a "make my day" law in this state.
Lawnboy: (sound of sonic boom)
KFG
Smathers needs to have his P3n1s lengthed to about 2 feet, maintining girth of about 6 inches, and never flacid. Then dipped in liquid nitrogen and gently flicked into 1000 small pieces. What a jerk. I sincerely hope he kills himself.
This just shows how poor is the default security of their servers. I can't believe that some sys admins in a major ISP leave their servers unpatched for this long and open themselves up for this trivial exploit.
This account has been seized by the GNAA. That is all.
"you insensitive clod!"
Oh, now, come on! The least you could do is try and sound like you have a clue yourself! Quit parroting everything you see on Slashdot. Jeez.
Yeah! And don't question Wil Wheaton's sexuality either, just look at my karma.
Wishing I was a millionaire since 1969.