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NY Times On Spam Zombies

Posted by Zonk on from the creddiiiiit-caaaaaardssss dept.

A discreetly valorous slashdotter writes "The NY Times is featuring a story about the growing armies of spam zombies. It focuses on New Jersey teen spammer Jasmine Singh. Choice quote: 'Hacking in its purest form is not about compensation or about wrecking a Web site. Hacking in its pure form is to show what you can do.'"

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  1. From BugMeNot.com by Silverlancer · · Score: 3, Informative

    Username: loser1234
    Password: loser123

  2. Holding systems hostage... by dancpsu · · Score: 3, Informative

    In one recent case, a small British online payment processing company, Protx, was shut down after being bombarded in a zombie attack and warned that problems would continue unless a $10,000 payment was made, the company said. It is not known whether the authorities ever arrested anyone in that case.

    Where would they send the money? This is like a kidnapping scheme. There is far too much involved when you actually want something back from the person you commit the crime against. You would think they would be easier to catch.

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    "Scientists don't change their minds, they just die." -- Max Planck
  3. That's exactly right... by Omega · · Score: 3, Informative
    'Hacking in its purest form is not about compensation or about wrecking a Web site. Hacking in its pure form is to show what you can do.'
    That's it exactly. Hacking is about putting your skills and knowledge to the test. Such as kernel hacking or writing a device driver without any specs.

    Cracking is about breaking into a system. It might require some hacking, but it can also be done by script kiddies.