Spammers Use Holes In Democrats.org Security

Attila Dimedici writes "According to Cloudmark, 419 spammers are using the democrats.org website to relay email and bypass spam filters. 'The abuse, which dates back at least to the beginning of this month, helps evade filters that internet service providers employ to block the messages. ... The messages were sent courtesy of this page, which allows anyone with an internet connection to send emails. The PHP script employs no CAPTCHA or other measure to help ensure there is a real human being behind each email that gets funneled through the service. The service allows messages to be sent to 10 addresses at a time and even provides a way for people to import contacts they have stored in their address book.'"

Comments

OK, come on

[damn_registrars]

Someone please tell us how this problem with the democrats.org website must clearly be related to the impending socialist takeover of schools and soda machines. Certainly this is how Marxism takes root, by allowing 419 emails to propagate, right?

Re:OK, come on

[Nidi62]

If Democrats cant even design their website to keep people out or prevent people from doing whatever they want in it, how are they going to keep pedophiles out of our schools? Think of the children!

Re:OK, come on

[Anonymous Coward]

Modded you Troll because you can't spell "you're".
 
Furthermore, that joke is old.

ha

[Anonymous Coward]

Spamocrats

So...

[Anonymous Coward]

Spammers are making liberal use of a democrat website?

It's not a hole

[andy1307]

It's not a hole..It works exactly like it was designed to work..making it easier for people to spread their word.

How can you tell?

[Punk CPA]

Nearly everything coming out of Washington looks like a 419 scam anyway.

Oh the irony

[PHAEDRU5]

John McCain never left his email server open for this sort of exploit!

Re:Oh the irony

[Anonymous Coward]

John McCain never left his email server open for this sort of exploit!

That's because carrier pigeons fight back.