British Spammer Gets 6 Years

Posted by Zonk on Thursday November 17, 2005 @06:41AM from the angry-little-black-hat dept.

Killjoy_NL writes "The BBC tells us that a 23 year old spammer has been sentenced to 6 years in prison for sending spam and other illegal activities." From the article: "He had offered thousands of e-mail and website names when he had no right. And when victims complained, he threatened to destroy their internet systems by sending millions of spam e-mails. Peterborough Crown Court heard he also threatened to fire-bomb the headquarters of the county's trading standards department and petrol-bomb his local police headquarters. When internet policing group Nominet posted warnings about his activities, he responded by saying he would attack its servers." ZDNet has coverage as well.

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FP by Anonymous Coward · 2005-11-17 06:42 · Score: -1, Offtopic

FP BIJJESSSS!!!!!!one!!11!!eleven!11
meh by Anonymous Coward · 2005-11-17 06:43 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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cheap legos soon! by Thud457 · 2005-11-17 06:55 · Score: -1, Offtopic

In a landmark decision that is believed to have wide-ranging implications for trademark law, the Supreme Court of Canada today dismissed Lego's claim against Montreal-based rival Mega Bloks.

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