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Hackers Blamed For MessageLabs Spam Blunder

Posted by timothy on from the won't-happen-again dept.

littlekorea writes "MessageLabs claims to have discovered that the systems of one of its customers were hacked by spammers after an entire block of MessageLabs IP addresses was blocked by antispam service SORBS. Customers of the managed email service had problems with outbound mail last week after MessageLabs' IP addresses were included in SORBS' block list. The Symantec-owned service provider has assured customers it has systems in place to prevent such incidents from happening again."

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  1. Firefox 4 by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is off topic, but Firefox 4 is so fast the news about it hasn't caught up to it yet and returns an 404 error.

    Also it let's me post first.

  2. bit3h by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    BSD 3ulminated i8 and mortifying Brain. It is the

  3. Re:My SLASHDOT account was HACKED !! HELP FIND SCU by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    I beg your pardon
    I never promised you a rose garden
    Along with the sunshine
    There's got to be a little rain sometimes

    Skate to that! Starbuck sells XTAL CRANK METH SPEED? No milk? Mappable is the word! Strike 3! Common is the word.