Lycos Anti-Spam Site Compromised [Updated]

Posted by timothy on Tuesday November 30, 2004 @08:01PM from the spy-vs-jerk dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Lycos, shortly after producing a screen saver to fight spammers using a DoS-style attack appears to have been hacked. Attempting to download the screen saver from lycos results in this message 'Yes, attacking spammers is wrong, you know this, you shouldn't be doing it. Your ip address and request have been logged and will be reported to your ISP for further action.' Or maybe it's just a joke -- can you ever tell?" Update: 12/01 15:07 GMT by T : According to Lycos, the defacement reports were actually just a hoax.

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Re:Stupidest idea ever. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-11-30 20:27 · Score: 0, Troll

To paraphrase a bunch of stupid people:

"She deserved it"

Your John Selden is an idiot and relativist to the utmost degree if he really believes that a person ought to be held accountable for the criminal actions forced upon them by another person. And you, for putting your faith in him, are lower than slime.

Blaming the victims is the first resort of the criminal.