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A Third of World's Spam From One Russian Man

Posted by timothy on from the hormel-should-be-so-proud dept.

DaveNJ1987 writes "The FBI believes that one third of the world's spam messages are being generated by one 23-year-old Russian man. Oleg Nikolaenko of Moscow is being blamed for operating the Mega D botnet that sent spam emails from over 500,000 infected computers."

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  1. More Details and Background by eldavojohn · · Score: 5, Informative
    There's better coverage over at the Journal Sentinel of Milwaukee. Apparently the FBI agent tracking them is based out of there. Neat little story about how he got nabbed coming to Las Vegas for some big car show.

    From the article cited in the summary:

    The botnet sends out millions of spam messages ...

    You're a few orders of magnitude off there. Try tens of billions ...

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  2. EXCLUSIVE: This is the next Google project! by Noryungi · · Score: 3, Informative

    Somewhere in Moscow, a geek named Oleg Nikolaenko is hunched over a pile of computers in a dank and dark basement.

    Suddenly, a knock on the door!

    Cautiously, Oleg watches through the door peephole at a tall, muscular stranger, with shades on, dressed all in black leather, except for a "Google" patch on the left side of his jacket.

    The stranger (with a strong Austrian accent): "Oleg Nikolaenko?"

    Several days later, at a Google HQ conference in Mountain View:

    - "Yes, our motto is, and still remains: 'Do not be Evil'... We made an exception this one time, but the project nicknamed 'Extreme Prejudice (beta)' has been officially disbanded and the blueprints destroyed. The persons responsible for the projects have been sacked. Any questions?"

    - "Yes, Mr Brin, what is the *other* project Google wanted to discuss?"

    - "Well, we are pleased to announce that the new Google Map now incorporates 'Satellite Friend Tracking' to know -- in real time -- where all your friends are, anywhere in the world!"

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  3. Re:somebody should kill the bastard by John+Hasler · · Score: 3, Informative

    > I don't understand why people hate Email Ads so much.

    They constitute more than 99% of email traffic.

    > All you have to do is filter them out.

    It is impossible to reliably filter them all without losing real mail.

    > It's not worth killing someone.

    Correct.

    > Now the head of the RIAA or MPAA - that's a different story.

    No it isn't.

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