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Russian Denies Writing SoBig Worm

Posted by timothy on from the nyet-nyet-nyet dept.

IphtashuPhitz writes "The Russian spamware programmer anonymously accused eariler this week of writing the Sobig worm has responded to the accusations. Ruslan Ibragimov of Send-Safe doesn't deny that his program uses proxies to hide spammer's identities. But he totally refutes the report's technical analysis in an online interview over at OReilly Network."

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  1. in Soviet Russia by MakoStorm · · Score: 2, Funny

    In soviet Russia the worms write YOU!

  2. After all this.. by jjeffrey · · Score: 5, Funny

    ..I bet he dosen't feel SoBig now.

    1. Re:After all this.. by iamlucky13 · · Score: 4, Funny

      That's alright. He can sell himself some viagara.

      As long as we're on the topic of spam and such, I think slashdot has slashdotted itself. The "bush wins" thread is average at least a post every 3 seconds, who knows how many hits, and the server is crawling

  3. What a stand-up guy... by sczimme · · Score: 5, Funny


    The report noted, for example, a strong similarity in the email headers created by Send-Safe and SoBig. But Ibragimov said Send-Safe chose the particular order of headers merely to mimic Outlook Express and to better evade spam filters.

    Somehow I think Ibragimov's righteous indignation over the accusation is a teensy bit misplaced...

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    I want to drag this out as long as possible. Bring me my protractor.
  4. Hmm... by northcat · · Score: 5, Funny

    Maybe he wrote the "Who wrote the SoBig?" report himself to popularize his "Send-Safe" software... You never know...

  5. Surprise! by Se7enLC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Wow, this is surprising! I was expecting "Russian accused of writing SoBig worm admits to it, despite the flagrant lack of evidence to actually convict him of anything."

  6. Re:I don't buy it by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "He clearly has a motive, and should be lynched regardless of whether he actually wrote sobig."

    Man, the Bush ideology spreads so fast?

  7. Denied by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    "Only the true Messiah denies his divinity!"

  8. Re:Remember the rules by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Rule #2: If a spammer seems to be telling the truth, see rule #1.

  9. Well of COURSE he didn't write it. by MadFarmAnimalz · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is RUSSIA, you morons.

    IT wrote HIM.

    Get your facts straight.

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    Blearf. Blearf, I say.