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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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    My work here is dung.
    1. Re:More Details and Background by hedwards · · Score: 5, Funny

      Planck time? That's a great suggestion. All we need is a suitable ship and we can make sure he gets some Planck time.

  2. Luckily precedent is available. by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Funny

    One of the lesser-known sections of the code of Hammurabi reads "If a man shall falsely promise p3n1s 3xt3nsion and thereby cause public nuisance and distress, his own penis shall be stretched by one digit for each such false promise. If he spreads his false promises by means of another man's messenger, he shall be flogged."

    They often skip this one in elementary history lessons on the matter; but it is arguably quite salient in today's interconnected world...

  3. In related news... by bagofbeans · · Score: 5, Funny

    The FBI believes that one third of the western world's news articles are being generated by one 79-year-old Australian-born American man. Rupert Murdoch is being blamed for...