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Anti-Scammers Become Storm Botnet Victims

capnkr writes "It looks like the efforts of the anti-scammers at sites like 419eater, Scamwarners, Artists Against 419, and possibly others have become the target of the Storm botnet. Spamnation has a post about it, and as of this writing none of the above listed sites are responding. Spamnation reports that CastleCops and other anti-spam forums are being DDoSed as well. Sounds like a massive, concerted effort against the folks who are fighting the good fight. Although I hate it for the owners and admins of the above sites, I think it shows without a doubt that their efforts to 'get back' at the scammers are working."

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  1. Re:interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Week 5: Mommy, now i've just started to develop a brain and only now does conciousness have a probability greater than zero of occurring. Mommy, how the fuck was i having that internal monologue during the first few days of my life? Oh wait i wasn't as i was just non-sentient sack of chemicals.

  2. Re:interesting by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I can hear that doctor again.

    Really. What with? No hearing system at that stage. Barely present nervous system and certainly nothing large enough to call a brain at the other end capable of interpreting the signals.

    Learn some basic science, creationism-boy.