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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.'"

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  1. Re:OK, come on by Nidi62 · · Score: 2, Funny

    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!

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  2. So... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Spammers are making liberal use of a democrat website?

  3. It's not a hole by andy1307 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

  4. How can you tell? by Punk+CPA · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  5. Oh the irony by PHAEDRU5 · · Score: 2, Funny

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

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